News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE trains Tajik investigators on corruption disclosure and investigation techniques
Publishing date: 10 October 2013
DUSHANBE, 10 October 2013 – A workshop on investigating corruption concluded today at the OSCE Office in Tajikistan...
OSCE launches Albanian version of handbook of best practices at border crossings
Publishing date: 8 October 2013
The Albanian version of a handbook of best practices at border crossings developed by the OSCE and the UN Economic Commission for Europe was presented on 4 October 2013 in Tirana.
OSCE Centre in Astana supports anticorruption training seminar in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 2 October 2013
Some 25 high- and mid-level experts from the Interior Ministry, National Security Committee, Financial Police, Prosecutor General’s Office and Customs Control Committee of Kazakhstan are participating in a two-day national training seminar on preventing and combating corruption, taking place in Almaty from 3 to 4 October 2013...
OSCE Centre in Astana supports training seminar on combating laundering of drug trafficking proceeds
Publishing date: 1 October 2013
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 1 October 2013 – The OSCE Centre in Astana co-organized with the Ministry of Internal Affairs a four-day training seminar on the legislative framework to combat money laundering derived from drug trafficking which began today in Almaty...
Right to Know Day: OSCE workshop participants call for increased transparency in Kosovo municipalities, abolishment of payment for information
Publishing date: 27 September 2013
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 27 September 2013 – Public and civil society organizations still face challenges in accessing official documents at the municipal level, concluded participants of an OSCE-supported workshop held today in Prishtinë/Priština on the occasion of the International Right to Know Day...
OSCE welcomes decision to establish new Assembly Commissions in Brcko District on gender, anti-corruption and youth
Publishing date: 25 September 2013
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina welcomes today’s decision by the Brcko District Assembly to establish new Commissions to address issues of gender equality, anti-corruption and youth...
Extractive industries transparency in Azerbaijan theme of OSCE-supported discussion
Publishing date: 24 September 2013
BAKU, 24 September 2013 – An OSCE-supported meeting focusing on Azerbaijan’s compliance with the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), a mechanism for disclosing oil and gas industry earnings to improve the transparency and accountability of public finance management, took place in Baku today...