News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Using passenger data exchange systems to address risks posed by returning foreign terrorist fighters explored at OSCE-UNOCT Seminar in Vienna
Publishing date: 1 November 2019
VIENNA, 1 November 2019- More than 170 experts from OSCE participating States and the Partners for Co-operation gathered in Vienna on 31 October and 1 November 2019 for the Third OSCE-wide Seminar on Passenger Data Exchange. The event, which this year focuses on how to counter the risks posed by returned foreign terrorist fighters, was organized by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department’s Border Security and Management Unit and the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT)...
Reinforced political dialogue with Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation is essential to capitalize on unique OSCE platform
Publishing date: 25 October 2019
TIRANA, 25 October 2019 — Making tangible steps towards a more strategic, action-oriented approach to co-operation between the OSCE and its Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation was the focus of the two-day 2019 OSCE Mediterranean Conference, which concluded today in Tirana...
OSCE and UN Office on Drugs and Crime deliver training course on countering terrorist financing in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 25 October 2019
A three-day training course aimed at further strengthening the capacity of Uzbekistan to counter terrorist financing concluded in Tashkent on 25 October 2019...
OSCE supports capacity building training of K-9 officers of law enforcement bodies in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 25 October 2019
More than 25 canine officers (K-9) of the State Committee for National Security, Ministry of Interior and the State Customs Services (KSCS) completed OSCE-supported advanced train–the-trainers courses at the World Customs Organization’s Regional Training Centre in Bishkek from 7 to 25 October 2019...
Co-operation with Mediterranean region is an objective necessity, says Albanian Foreign Minister Cakaj opening OSCE Mediterranean Conference in Tirana
Publishing date: 24 October 2019
TIRANA, 24 October 2019 – While Albania looks to Europe for its future, our history, geography and economy are rooted in the Mediterranean region, stated today in Tirana Albania’s Acting Foreign Affairs Minister Gent Cakaj, while opening 2019 OSCE Mediterranean Conference...
OSCE PA report on border security and information sharing seeks to enhance counter-terrorism co-operation
Publishing date: 15 October 2019
COPENHAGEN, 15 October 2019 – A new report issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Ad Hoc Committee on Countering Terrorism (CCT) provides a comprehensive look at the state of implementation of a key UN Security Council Resolution on addressing the threat posed by foreign terrorist fighters returning or relocating from conflict zones...
OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe organizes national seminar on criminal justice responses to terrorism
Publishing date: 9 October 2019
A two-day national seminar on strengthening rule of law-compliant criminal justice responses to terrorism concluded on 9 October 2019 in Dushanbe. The event was organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe in close co-operation with the Action against Terrorism Unit of the OSCE Secretariat’s Transnational Threat Department. It brought together more than 30 representatives of law enforcement agencies, the judiciary, the bar association and NGOs that work on preventive measures against terrorism...