News and press releases

Strengthening protection and preparedness against terrorist attacks aimed at industrial control systems is the focus of a table-top simulation in Tirana on 26 and 27 April 2017 organized by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department with the support of the OSCE Presence in Albania...

A dozen of high-level representatives of Albanian anti-corruption authorities concluded a four-day study visit to Austrian institutions on 24 March 2017. The activity was organized by the OSCE Presence in Albania as part of a project funded by the Central European Initiative (CEI) with the aim of supporting anti-corruption capacity building and the exchange of good practices...

The OSCE Presence in Albania, in close co-operation with the National Chamber of Advocacy and the National School of Advocates, completed on 19 December 2016 the Second Edition of the Moot Court Competition, with an event held in one of the High Court’s trial rooms. Eight four-member teams, made of young lawyers who are students of the National School of Advocacy, participated in the event...

On 13 December 2016, Albanian public broadcaster senior managers’ concluded a three-day study visit to Slovenia’s public broadcaster, organized by the OSCE Presence in Albania and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) as part of their efforts to assist the Albanian Radio and Television (RTSH) transformation into a real public broadcaster...

The OSCE Presence in Albania and the Ministry of Defence held a ceremony on 6 December 2016, marking the completion of a joint project to destroy hazardous military chemicals. The Head of Presence, Ambassador Bernd Borchardt, Defence Minister Mimi Kodheli and representatives of OSCE participating States that have funded the project attended the event that took place at the Port of Durrës...

The OSCE Presence in Albania, on 6 December 2016 in Tirana, concluded a series of events held throughout the year with Albanian judges and prosecutors with the aim of raising their awareness on alternatives to custody as a part of a project by the OSCE Presence to support the rehabilitation and reintegration of offenders...

The first meeting of a Local Public Safety Council- the first structure of this kind in Albania, established with the assistance of the OSCE Presence- took place at the Municipality of Elbasan on 2 December 2016.