News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE and UNODC deliver training course on countering terrorist financing in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 22 October 2018
A five-day training course aimed at further strengthening the capacity of Kazakhstan to counter terrorist financing was organized in Burabay, Kazakhstan from 16 to 20 October 2018. The training seminar was delivered to Kazakh participants from the capital and from the country’s Akmola, Aktobe and Karagandy regions.
OSCE co-organizes training seminar on risk profiling in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 19 October 2018
An OSCE-supported five-day training seminar on risk profiling at border checkpoints concluded in Zharkent, Kazakhstan on 19 October 2018.
OSCE regional meeting in Albania highlights critical role of civil society in preventing and countering violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism
Publishing date: 18 October 2018
Civil society has a critical role to play in preventing violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism (VERLT) and more can be done to strengthen partnerships between government and civil society in order to address this security challenge, said speakers at a two-day regional meeting in Tirana on 17 and 18 October 2018. A new OSCE guidebook that focuses on the role of civil society in addressing VERLT in the context of South-East Europe was also launched at the event...
OSCE holds national table top exercise in Turkmenistan on protecting critical energy infrastructure from cyber-related terrorist attacks
Publishing date: 18 October 2018
Strengthening protection and preparedness against terrorist attacks aimed at critical energy infrastructure was the focus of a risk-assessment and crisis management exercise held in Turkmenistan’s capital on 17 and 18 October 2018, organized by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department and the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat.
More international co-operation needed to counter proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, say speakers at OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation
Publishing date: 17 October 2018
VIENNA, 17 October 2018 – Greater international co-operation can counter the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, said speakers at today’s meeting of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC), which focused on the implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 within the OSCE region...
Profiling and identification of returning foreign fighters focus of OSCE international conference in Ohrid
Publishing date: 16 October 2018
Best practices in dealing with violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism (VERLT), particularly the challenge of returning foreign fighters, is the focus of a three-day international conference that opened in Ohrid on 16 October 2018...
How to utilize Internet and public-private partnerships to counter terrorism in focus at high-level international conference in Minsk
Publishing date: 9 October 2018
MINSK, 9 October 2018 – While the widespread exploitation of the Internet and social media platforms by terrorists poses serious challenges to security, the Internet as a communication channel also plays an important role in preventing and countering terrorism, underlined participants today at the start of a two-day high-level international conference in Minsk...