News and press releases

VIENNA, 14 July 2021 — How to prevent and combat the evolving threat of all forms of terrorism was discussed today at the joint meeting of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC) and OSCE Permanent Council.

On 5 July 2021, the OSCE Presence in Albania organized a cross-border meeting of Albanian and North Macedonian officials to discuss co-operation against violent extremism, in Pogradec, Albania...

The OSCE Transnational Threats Department’s Action against Terrorism Unit and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) organized an online train-the-trainer course from 14 to 16 June 2021, as part of a multiannual training programme to strengthen North Macedonia’s capacities in countering the financing of terrorism.

Bringing young people together to discuss what role they have in preventing and countering violent extremism and radicalization that leads to terrorism, was the focus of a two-day workshop organized by the Directorate for Sports and Youth and the OSCE Mission to Montenegro on 7 and 8 June in Budva...

Fostering regional co-operation in addressing terrorist financing and organized crime was the focus of the OSCE Regional Conference on Countering Terrorist Financing and Transnational Organized Crime held online on 11 May 2021.

VIENNA, 20 April 2021 — We must unite across countries and organizations to comprehensively prevent and counter violent extremism and radicalization that leads to terrorism (VERLT), said participants today during the opening of the OSCE-wide Counter-Terrorism Conference online from 20 to 21 April.

Twenty future facilitators from four countries in Central Asia, including 13 women and 7 men, were selected to participate in a regional train-the-trainers seminar. The Action against Terrorism Unit of the OSCE Transnational Threats Department organized the seminar in co-operation with OSCE field operations in Central Asia