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OSCE holds workshop in Albania on establishing Advance Passenger Information system
Publishing date: 2 November 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management
The Border Security and Management Unit (BSMU) of the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department, in close co-operation with the OSCE Presence in Albania, organized a workshop from 31 October to 2 November 2017 on how to establish an Advance Passenger Information (API) system in Albania, aimed to prevent the movement of foreign terrorist fighters and combat terrorism and transnational crime.
OSCE launches Albanian version of handbook of best practices at border crossings
Publishing date: 8 October 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Economic activities, Border management, Good governance
The Albanian version of a handbook of best practices at border crossings developed by the OSCE and the UN Economic Commission for Europe was presented on 4 October 2013 in Tirana.
OSCE Presence completes training for Albanian border and migration police
Publishing date: 31 March 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Border management, Migration, Policing
TIRANA, 31 March 2006- Over 100 members of the Albanian border and migration police from eleven cities have completed an OSCE-supported training course on the use of border surveillance equipment...
OSCE meeting focuses on fighting cross-border organized crime in south-east Europe
Publishing date: 20 February 2004
Content type: Press release
VIENNA, 20 February 2004- Combating organized crime, trafficking and terrorism in south-eastern Europe (SEE) was high on the agenda of a pioneering meeting which ends today in Vienna. The Seminar on Cross-border Co-operation in SEE, the first of a...
OSCE increases monitors on Albania-Kosovo border
Publishing date: 4 June 1998
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, Permanent Council
What we do: Border management
VIENNA, 4 June 1998-- In response to the worsening situation in Kosovo, the OSCE Permanent Council decided today to increase the number of monitors to 30 on Albania's border to Kosovo...