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CHIŞINĂU, 28 September 2023- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened an observation mission for the 5 November local elections in Moldova, following an invitation from the national authorities.

From 26 to 28 September 2023, the OSCE Presence in Albania organized a peer exchange visit for a delegation of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to Romania with the aim of establishing co-operation and exchange experiences and best practices with regional law enforcement agencies. The

On 28 September in Belgrade, seven participants of the 2023 Professional Practice Programme for young professionals from south and southwest Serbia received certificates of completion and presented the projects they designed and implemented during their 10-month professional placement with central

A ceremony to celebrate the first 30 graduates of the Master’s degree in Criminology and to thank all those that made possible this programme took place at Tirana University’s Law Faculty on 27 September 2023. The Master’s Programme – established in December 2020 upon the initiative and support of

The OSCE Secretariat’s Transnational Threats Department organized a workshop on coordinated vulnerability disclosure (CVD)- a process of managing vulnerabilities in Information and Communication Technology systems that reduces their harm.

The OSCE and the Agency for Management of Seized and Confiscated Property trained North Macedonian law enforcement and criminal justice practitioners in asset recovery pre-seizure planning.

Improving the practices of election management bodies (EMBs) in the Western Balkans region was the main topic of a conference held in Sarajevo on 26 and 27 September 2023. The event was organized as part of the ODIHR project “ Support to Electoral Reforms in the Western Balkans ”, in co-operation