News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission and Kosovo Police encourage women and communities to join police ranks
Publishing date: 5 May 2014
From 5 to 12 May 2014, the OSCE Mission and the Kosovo Police will organize a series of four workshops to encourage women and communities in Kosovo to join the police ranks.
OSCE Mission to Skopje trains interior ministry staff to deal with hostage situations
Publishing date: 5 May 2014
Starting from 5 May 2014, the Police Development Unit of the OSCE Mission to Skopje supports two advanced training courses on “crisis management in hostage situations” and “hostage negotiation”. The courses are held in co-operation with the country’s Interior Ministry and the International Training Centre in Budapest...
OSCE trains Afghan law enforcement officers in Moscow on combatting drug trafficking
Publishing date: 29 April 2014
DOMODEDOVO, Russia, 29 April 2014 – Twelve Afghan officers from federal and provincial police authorities completed an OSCE-supported two-week train-the-trainers course near Moscow today on combatting illicit drug trafficking and drug-related crimes...
OSCE Presence joins forces with Polish experts to improve forensic skills of Albanian Police
Publishing date: 28 April 2014
On 28 April, the OSCE Presence in Albania and Poland’s Central Police Forensic Laboratory signed a co-operation agreement in developing the forensic capabilities of the Albanian Police. This partnership is aimed at raising forensic processing standards in the fight against serious organized crime and terrorism...
OSCE and Lithuanian experts sign agreement to support Kyrgyzstan police in combatting organized crime
Publishing date: 24 April 2014
A letter of intent on organizing activities to support the police of Kyrgyzstan in fighting organized crime was signed on 24 April 2014 by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the Lithuanian Criminal Police Bureau...
OSCE course in Turkmenistan promotes co-operation in countering drug trafficking
Publishing date: 24 April 2014
ASHGABAT, 24 April 2014 – An OSCE-organized course on conducting regional joint investigations and controlled delivery operations to combat drug trafficking ends in Ashgabat tomorrow...
OSCE supports course for Kyrgyz police officers on fighting organized crime
Publishing date: 21 April 2014
A course for ten frontline Kyrgyz police officers on intelligence and investigation techniques in fighting organized crime ended on 19 April 2014 in Turkey.