News and press releases

The OSCE Mission to Skopje donated furniture and IT equipment to the Forestry Police on 22 January 2015 in Skopje. The aim is to strengthen its capacities in dealing with security-related incidents and fighting organized forestry crime.

DUSHANBE, 22 January 2015 – An OSCE-supported roundtable today concluded the work of civil society representatives on the formation of the Public Council for police reform assistance in Kulyab and Kurgan-Tyube of Khatlon region in Tajikistan...

Some 300 police officers were trained between 14 August and 21 December 2014 in Skopje on effective conduct when asked to appear as witnesses in main court hearings. The training course is part of the OSCE Mission to Skopje’s advanced training programme on raising awareness about the amendments to the criminal procedure law...

KYIV, 19 December 2014 – The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, country’s Interior Ministry and the National Union of Journalists presented today a new guidebook on the effective co-operation between police and media during mass events and crises...

BISHKEK, 18 December 2014- The OSCE Centre in Bishkek today completed a three-day training course for 40 police investigators on how to effectively conduct EU Serious Organized Crime Threat Assessments (SOCTA), investigations based on intelligence-led policing, and combatting drug trafficking and violent extremism...

Twenty-six women officials of the Border Guard, Border Police, Customs Services and Police from 11 OSCE participating States completed a five-day training course in Iasi, Romania on 12 December 2014 on border security and management. The course was organized by the Border Security and Management Unit of the OSCE Transnational Threats Department...

ASTANA, 12 December 2014 – Current challenges in employing prison inmates and ways to facilitating their reintegration into the community were the main topics of the Second Forum on Penitentiary Reform in Kazakhstan held today in Astana...