News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Office in Minsk promotes community policing with roundtable meeting
Publishing date: 21 October 2010
MINSK, 21 October 2010- An OSCE-supported roundtable meeting held in Minsk today focused on the concept of community policing and how it can contribute to Belarus' efforts to enhance interaction between police and local communities...
Head of OSCE Mission welcomes agreement on multi-ethnic government in Bujanovac
Publishing date: 21 October 2010
BELGRADE, 21 October 2010- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Dimitrios Kypreos, welcomed an agreement reached today by local political leaders to create a multi-ethnic local government in the central South Serbian town of Bujanovac...
OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje helps prevent gun violence
Publishing date: 21 October 2010
SKOPJE, 21 October 2010- Authors of the three best drawings that became winners of an OSCE-supported national competition will receive prizes at a ceremony in Skopje today...
OSCE meeting in Vilnius promotes co-operation to reduce synthetic drug supply in Baltic region
Publishing date: 20 October 2010
VILNIUS, 20 October, 2010- A OSCE high-level expert workshop that began in Vilnius today focuses on how co-operation can help reduce the production and trafficking of ecstasy, amphetamines and other synthetic drugs in the Baltic region...
OSCE-supported human trafficking awareness course to strengthen law enforcement capacities
Publishing date: 20 October 2010
TASHKENT, 20 October 2010- Building the capacity of national law enforcement personnel to tackle human trafficking is the focus of a three-day OSCE-supported workshop that opened in Tashkent today...
Political will determines effectiveness of OSCE, Chairmanship Special Representative says at conference preparing for Summit
Publishing date: 20 October 2010
VIENNA, 20 October 2010- Political will on part of OSCE participating States is a key factor for the success of the Organization, including its efforts to resolve protracted conflicts, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office's Special Representative...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo marks Disability Mentoring Day
Publishing date: 20 October 2010
PRISHTINE/PRISTINA, 20 October 2010- On the occasion of the Disability Mentoring Day, the Head of the OSCE Mission Ambassador Werner Almhofer welcomed today ten new staff members, persons with special needs, who work with the Mission temporarily...