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Bank of Latvia hosts OSCE advanced workshop on virtual asset regulation
Publishing date: 6 September 2024
Content type: News
What we do: Economic activities
From September 4 to 6, the OSCE and the Bank of Latvia co-hosted a workshop on "Navigating the Virtual Asset Landscape". Bringing together regulators and experts from Latvia, Armenia, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine, the workshop addressed the challenges of regulating virtual assets and blockchain technologies.
OSCE contributes to further enhancement of Moldovan General Police Inspectorate’s K9 capabilities
Publishing date: 6 September 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
The OSCE, in co-operation with the General Inspectorate of the Romanian Police, hosted a training on enhancing the K9 capabilities of the Moldovan General Police on 3 and 4 September 2024, at the National Center for Chinology "Dr. Aurel Greblea" in Sibiu, Romania. Over the two-day event,
Bulgaria early parliamentary elections 2024: ODIHR election observation mission final report
Publishing date: 5 September 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
Bulgaria’s 2024 early parliamentary elections were competitive, with fundamental freedoms respected and legislation providing an adequate framework to hold democratic elections. Preparations for election day were smooth, but various malpractices limited voters’ access to the electoral process and
OSCE Presence in Albania organizes workshop on illicit firearms trafficking
Publishing date: 4 September 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
On 3 and 4 of September 2024, the OSCE Presence in Albania organized a two-day workshop on illicit firearms trafficking, involving members of the Trafficking Investigation Sectors of the Albanian State Police (ASP) at both the central and local levels, prosecutors from the General Prosecution
Call for Participants: Youth Engagement and Empowerment to Counter Radicalization and Violent Extremism Training
Publishing date: 4 September 2024
The OSCE Mission to Skopje is pleased to announce the launch of a call for participants for the Youth Engagement and Empowerment to Counter Radicalization and Violent Extremism Training. This program, to be held from 7 to 10 October 2024 at Hotel Romantique in Veles, is an initiative aimed at
Building capacities of criminal justice actors in Bosnia and Herzegovina to combat trafficking in human beings through victim-centred approaches
Publishing date: 4 September 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina prosecutors and other criminal justice professionals concluded the XVII Annual Prosecutorial Symposium, convened from 1 to 4 September in Neum. The Symposium serves as a platform for training, debating criminal justice issues, and the exchange of best practices.
Empowering future leaders: OSCE inaugurates second edition of women’s renewable energy scholarship
Publishing date: 4 September 2024
Content type: News
What we do: Environmental activities
On 2 September, the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities inaugurated the second edition of the OSCE Scholarship Master’s Program for Young Women in Renewable Energy at the Kazakh-German University (DKU) in Almaty, Kazakhstan.