News and press releases

On 23 April 2014, the OSCE Presence in Albania held a meeting where the State Minister for Local Government Issues, Bledi Çuçi, briefed ambassadors of OSCE participating States and representatives of key international institutions in Tirana on the process of administrative territorial reform. The reform was launched by Albania’s government to enable local government units to offer high-quality services to the citizens and better manage human resources...

ALMATY, 23 April 2014 – An OSCE-supported training seminar on preventing money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism in the banking sector began today in Almaty...

OSCE supports senior Kyrgyz officials visit to international forum on anti-corruption OSCE Centre in Bishkek supported participation of eight representatives from the Economy Ministry of Kyrgyzstan, including Minister, at the 16th Anti-Corruption network steering group meeting in Paris, France on 16 to 18 April 2014.

A four-day visit of eight Kyrgyz officials to Riga, Latvia, aimed at learning international best practices on combatting corruption, ended on 11 April 2014...

A two-day specialized security policy course for ministerial officials, members of parliaments, judiciary, academia and civil society, on Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Strategy for fighting corruption concluded on 26 March 2014 in Konjic...

Parliamentarians and experts from a number of OSCE participating States discussed professional and ethical standards for parliamentarians, as well as the benefits of and challenges in developing codes of conduct, at a workshop organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw...

A week-long study tour to Azerbaijan for trainers at Kyrgyzstan’s Customs Training Centre concluded on 15 March 2014 in Baku. The visit was supported by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek...