News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Media-government co-operation crucial in fight against terrorism but not at expense of media freedom, says OSCE anti-terrorism chief
Publishing date: 5 October 2009
VIENNA, 5 October 2009- The media play an important role in fighting terrorism and managing the consequences of attacks and so co-operation between the media and governments is vital, the Head of the OSCE's Action against Terrorism Unit said today...
OSCE holds meeting to discuss preventing abuse of non-profit organizations for terrorist financing
Publishing date: 11 September 2009
VIENNA, 11 September 2009- The OSCE hosted a workshop in Vienna today on preventing the abuse of non-profit organizations to finance terrorism, bringing together more than 150 experts from governments, international organizations and civil society...
OSCE Centre supports strengthening aviation security in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 4 September 2009
ASHGABAT, 4 September 2009- Ten officers from the State National Service Turkmenistan Airlines and the transport police took part in a "train the trainer" course on x-ray checkpoint security that ended in Ashgabat today...
OSCE Chairperson condemns Ingushetia terrorist attack
Publishing date: 18 August 2009
ATHENS, 18 August 2009- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis, spoke to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov today to express her condolences over the terrorist bomb attack in Ingushetia...
OSCE Centre supports meeting to promote public-private partnerships in Kyrgyzstan's fight against terrorism, extremism and radicalisation
Publishing date: 13 August 2009
ISSYK-KUL, 13 August 2009- An OSCE-supported conference that seeks to formulate and promote the implementation of confidence-building measures to combat the causes and effects of terrorism nationwide began today at the Issyk-Kul Lake...
OSCE and IOM co-organize training course for Belarusian Border Service on detecting forged travel documents
Publishing date: 6 July 2009
MINSK, 6 July 2009- Twenty Belarusian border control officers started an intensive two-week training course today to improve their ability to detect forged documents...
Collective response urgently needed to address indivisible security, Russian Foreign Minister tells OSCE states
Publishing date: 23 June 2009
VIENNA, 23 June 2009- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called on OSCE States to address the future of Euro-Atlantic security and elaborated on Russian proposals for a legally-binding treaty at the start of the Annual Security Review Conference...