News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Serbia supports international conference in Belgrade to promote Regional Serious and Organized Crime Threat Assessment
Publishing date: 14 November 2016
BELGRADE, 14 November 2016 – The OSCE Mission to Serbia supported an international conference today in Belgrade to promote the Regional Serious and Organized Crime Threat Assessment (SOCTA), which was developed jointly by the Interior Ministries of Serbia, Montenegro and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia...
OSCE supports Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative conference in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 28 October 2016
The annual OSCE-supported national conference on Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) took place on 26 October 2016 in Astana, Kazakhstan, which brought together over 150 representatives of parliament, government institutions, civil society, international organizations and companies in the extractive industry...
OSCE supports workshop on Internet trade taxation administration in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 25 October 2016
ASTANA, 25 October 2016 – Internet trade taxation administration is in focus of an OSCE-supported training seminar for some 30 officials from the Finance and Economy Ministries, Kazpost Postal Service and the Central Bank that began today in Astana, Kazakhstan...
OSCE trains law enforcement officials in Kazakhstan on investigating and recovering stolen assets
Publishing date: 24 October 2016
ASTANA, 24 October 2016 – An OSCE-supported training seminar for some 40 law enforcement officials on investigating, freezing and recovering stolen assets, including those repatriated abroad, began today in Astana...
OSCE supports regional workshop on risk management in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 12 October 2016
ASTANA, 12 October 2016 – An OSCE-supported regional workshop on international experience in administering risk management system started today in Astana, bringing together some 80 tax and customs officials from Belgium, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan...
OSCE concludes training course in Kazakhstan on combating judiciary corruption
Publishing date: 12 October 2016
An OSCE-supported training course for some 35 judges and regional court employees from across Kazakhstan on best practices in combating corruption in the judiciary took place on 12 October 2016 in Astana...
OSCE-supported e-service for land plots registration is launched in Ukraine
Publishing date: 10 October 2016
An online service for state registration of land ownership developed with the support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine was launched in a pilot version on Monday, 10 October 2016. The digital tool, e.land.gov.ua, was developed at the request of and in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture, the State Geological Registry Service and the State Agency on E-Governance. The new service is currently being offered in Kyiv city and the Chernihiv region. It will be accessible for all Ukrainians as of 1 January 2017...