News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE trains 25 Kyrgyz neighborhood inspectors on gender-sensitive policing
Publishing date: 17 July 2014
ISSYK-KUL, Kyrgyzstan, 17 July 2014 – The OSCE Police Matters Programme in co-operation with the Interior Ministry today launched a two-day training course in Issyk-Kul on gender-sensitive approaches to combatting domestic violence for 25 newly-hired neighborhood inspectors from the Chui, Naryn, Talas and Issyk-Kul regions of Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE supports training on negotiation and communication for police in Armenia
Publishing date: 30 June 2014
On 30 June 2014 some 140 community police officers from territorial divisions of Yerevan city police department completed a training course on communication and negotiation techniques held by the Armenian Police and the OSCE Office in Yerevan...
OSCE and UNODC organize events in south Kyrgyzstan to improve public confidence in police
Publishing date: 30 June 2014
From 26 to 28 June 2014, the OSCE Center in Bishkek in co-operation with the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) conducted a series of events in Batken, Osh and Jalal-Abad in the south of Kyrgyzstan to enhance public confidence in Kyrgyz police...
OSCE Mission to Skopje trains custody officers on new criminal procedure law
Publishing date: 24 June 2014
The OSCE Mission to Skopje trained some 150 custody officers from the Ministry of Internal Affairs from 27 March to 22 June 2014 on the effective application of the new Law on criminal procedure that came into force in December last year...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo trains airport managers, police, customs officers on airport security
Publishing date: 20 June 2014
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo concluded a five-day training course on 20 June 2014 on airport security for Prishtinë/Priština airport managers, police and customs officers, at the Kosovo Academy on Public Safety in Vushtrri/Vučitrn...
OSCE in Yerevan helps organize international seminar on police oversight
Publishing date: 19 June 2014
External police oversight and accountability mechanisms were discussed at an OSCE-supported international seminar held on 19 June 2014 in Yerevan...
Ukrainian law enforcement improve cybercrime investigation skills at OSCE–organized training
Publishing date: 16 June 2014
Twenty Ukrainian police officers and experts improved their knowledge and skills in investigating cyber-related crimes at a six-day intensive training course, organized in Kyiv by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine. The course, held at the request of the country’s Interior Ministry, ended on 14 June 2014...