News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Project Co-ordinator helps Ukraine conduct its first national assessment of risks related to money laundering and the financing of terrorism
Publishing date: 15 December 2016
KYIV, 15 December 2016 – The results of Ukraine’s first-ever national money-laundering and financing of terrorism risk assessment, conducted with the support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, were presented today to the country’s expert community at an event in Kyiv...
OSCE PA President Muttonen condemns terrorist attacks in Turkey and Egypt
Publishing date: 12 December 2016
COPENHAGEN, 12 December 2016 – In response to this weekend’s terrorist attacks near a football stadium in Istanbul and at a Coptic Christian cathedral complex in Cairo, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Christine Muttonen (MP, Austria) issued the following statement...
Slovenia’s University of Ljubljana wins Peer-2-Peer OSCE ‘Challenging extremism’ competition in Hamburg
Publishing date: 8 December 2016
HAMBURG, Germany, 8 December 2016- A team of students from the University of Ljubljana today won first prize in a regional OSCE competition under the “Peer-2-Peer (P2P): Challenging Extremism” initiative...
More young people join OSCE’s efforts in preventing violent extremism in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 6 December 2016
BIHAĆ, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 6 December 2016 – The engagement of young people in creating more a tolerant environment and becoming empowered to counter violent extremist views among their peers has been emphasized as a priority at a two-day Youth Summit, that concluded today in Bihać...
OSCE workshop promotes establishing Advance Passenger Information (API) system in Serbia
Publishing date: 1 December 2016
The Action against Terrorism Unit of the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department, supported by the OSCE Mission to Serbia, held a three-day workshop in Belgrade from 29 November to 1 December 2016 on establishing an Advance Passenger Information (API) system in the country in line with international standards...
OSCE promotes community-policing approach in countering violent extremism in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 29 November 2016
TASHKENT, 29 November 2016 – A two-day national seminar on community-policing approach to counter violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism (VERLT), organized by the OSCE, began today in Tashkent...
OSCE helps Ukraine’s border guard and state security personnel enhance knowledge and skills on fighting terrorism
Publishing date: 25 November 2016
Thirty experts from Ukraine’s agencies responsible for border security refined their skills and knowledge of fighting terrorism by using risk and criminal analysis at a two-week course for trainers, organized in Khmelnytsky by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine from 14 to 25 November 2016...