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Afghan border police complete OSCE-supported winter patrol course
Publishing date: 22 February 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
DUSHANBE, 22 February 2013 – Afghan border police officers completed a two-week practical course on winter patrolling at the Tajik Border Troops Training Centre in Gissar today. The course was organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan...
Winter Meeting opens with a focus on the OSCE’s roots in addressing challenges
Publishing date: 21 February 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
VIENNA, 21 February 2013 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s 12th Winter Meeting opened today in Vienna with a call for remembering the OSCE’s roots in tackling the challenges of the future...
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Winter Meeting opens in Vienna
Publishing date: 21 February 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s 12th Winter Meeting opened in Vienna on 21 February 2013. More than 240 parliamentarians have gathered for the two-day meeting, which will include a special debate on the situation in Syria, Mali, and North Africa. Other key items on the agenda include media freedom, border co-operation and security forces...
‘Fight against drugs: don’t get hooked!’- project by OSCE Mission to Montenegro, law enforcement institutions and civil society
Publishing date: 20 February 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Montenegro
Interim results of an OSCE-supported project on “Raising Awareness on the Latest Psychoactive Substances”, aimed at informing police investigators about the development of the illegal drugs market and ways to identify substances that can be alternatives to controlled drugs, were presented on 18 February 2013 in Podgorica...
OSCE/ODIHR starts trial monitoring work in Georgia
Publishing date: 20 February 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Rule of law
TBILISI, 20 February 2013- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) began monitoring trials of former senior officials in Georgia today...
OSCE Presence in Albania, Canadian government promote corporate social responsibility in extractive industries
Publishing date: 19 February 2013
TIRANA, 19 February 2013- The OSCE Presence in Albania and the Canadian Embassy organized a workshop today in Tirana on corporate social responsibility in the extractive industries...
OSCE Centre in Astana launches anti-trafficking training for judges
Publishing date: 19 February 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings