News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE experts assess Tajikistan's border security and management needs
Publishing date: 1 August 2006
VIENNA, 1 August 2006- Experts from the OSCE's Conflict Prevention Centre (CPC) today completed a visit to Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan to assess how the Organization can assist Tajikistan in improving its border security and management...
OSCE Magazine devotes special coverage to border security and management
Publishing date: 20 July 2006
VIENNA, 20 July 2006- The OSCE's accelerated push to assist countries in their efforts to manage their borders and keep them safe and secure from today's new threats is the focus of the July issue of the OSCE Magazine. "The challenge is...
OSCE Chairman discusses Transdniestria and post-election developments during visit to Ukraine
Publishing date: 2 June 2006
KYIV, 2 June 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, encouraged the Ukrainian authorities today to remain actively engaged in the Transdniestrian settlement negotiations...
OSCE Skopje Mission helps border police officers develop management skills
Publishing date: 26 May 2006
SKOPJE, 26 May 2006- Thirty-six border police officers took part in a management training course that ended today at the Police Academy in Skopje. Organized by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje, it was...
OSCE missions support regional municipal cross-border co-operation
Publishing date: 25 May 2006
PRIZREN, 25 May 2006- Local and regional officials from Kosovo, Albania, and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia met yesterday in Prizren, with the support of the OSCE, to discuss regional co-operation and local co-ordination on issues of mutual...
OSCE Presence completes training for Albanian border and migration police
Publishing date: 31 March 2006
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...
"Positive spirit" needed to solve problems over Transdniestrian section of Moldova-Ukraine border- OSCE Chairman
Publishing date: 8 March 2006
BRUSSELS, 8 March 2006- Concerned about current problems along the Transdniestrian section of the Moldovan-Ukrainian state border, OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, has instructed the Organization's Mission in Moldova...