News and press releases

VIENNA, 3 July 2017 – The OSCE today launched a guidebook on intelligence-led policing, an innovative approach to law enforcement that strengthens pro-active planning and decision-making. The guidebook is a practical tool for policymakers, law enforcement decision-makers and criminal analysts...

The OSCE Mission to Moldova gathered 18 civil society representatives from Transdniestria on 29 June 2017 for the second in a series of Civil Society Club meetings organized this year. The event, held in Parcani, focused on improving NGOs’ public outreach and ability to better meet local needs...

Senior officials from the OSCE Secretariat and the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training (CEPOL) signed a document on 3 July 2017 in Vienna to strengthen mutual co-operation with the aim of enhancing the capacities of law enforcement in the fight against transnational threats, including serious and organized crime...

The SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region, and more in Luhansk region – including almost 300 explosions overnight while in Popasna – compared with the previous reporting period.The Mission continued monitoring the three disengagement areas and recorded ceasefire violations assessed as inside the Stanytsia Luhanska and Zolotedisengagement areas.

Armed men threatened to shoot SMM monitors in Vesela Hora. The SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region, including a sharp increase in the number of explosions compared with the previous reporting period. In Luhansk region the Mission recorded fewer ceasefire violations compared with the previous reporting period. The Mission followed up on reports of casualties in Donetsk city and Borzhykivka. The SMM observed impact sites in Pikuzy. The Mission continued monitoring the three disengagement areas; it recorded ceasefire violations near Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area. Its access remained restricted there and elsewhere, including again in Novoazovsk near the border with the Russian Federation. The SMM visited one border area not under government control...

Some 30 representatives of Turkmenistan’s law-enforcement bodies and other relevant institutions and ministries participated in a roundtable discussion on the national and regional implementation of UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1540 (2004) on non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction on 29 and 30 June 2017 in Ashgabat...

VIENNA, 30 June 2017 – The OSCE website (www.osce.org) is as of today available in all six of the Organization’s official languages – English, French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish, extending the OSCE’s outreach to millions more people across the world...