News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Head of OSCE Presence in Albania visits prison, appeals for better detention conditions
Publishing date: 7 September 2012
The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth, paid a visit to the Zaharia prison in Kruja, on 7 September 2012, to assess the living conditions of the detained persons...
Legislative drafting skills focus of OSCE-supported course in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 31 August 2012
ASHGABAT, 31 August 2012 – Instructors from the Civil Service Academy under the President of Turkmenistan and law faculty of Magtymguly State University participated in an OSCE-organized training course on legislative drafting that concluded in Ashgabat today...
OSCE fosters professional development of penitentiary officers in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 17 August 2012
BISHKEK, 17 August 2012 – A one-month training course by the OSCE Centre for officers representing all of Kyrgyzstan’s correctional colonies and remand prisons concluded in Bishkek today...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo calls for improvements in civil registration of vulnerable communities
Publishing date: 24 July 2012
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 24 July 2012 – Vulnerable communities in Kosovo face difficulties with civil registration which continue to hinder their social inclusion, says an OSCE report issued today...
Head of OSCE presence welcomes approval of new electoral code by Albanian parliament, calls for addressing immunities issue
Publishing date: 19 July 2012
TIRANA, 19 July 2012 – The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth, welcomed today the approval of amendments to the Electoral Code by the Albanian Parliament...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports training of local self-government officials
Publishing date: 18 July 2012
Sharing best practices identified through the training of newly elected members of municipal councils is the focus of an OSCE-supported roundtable discussion that started in Skopje on 18 July 2012...
OSCE Mission to Skopje contributes to better lawmaking
Publishing date: 27 June 2012
The OSCE Mission to Skopje is holding a four-day seminar in the “training of trainers” format for twelve national trainers in the lawmaking area from 27 to 30 June 2012...