News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre supports conference in Kazakhstan on countering terrorist use of Internet
Publishing date: 25 November 2014
ASTANA, 25 November 2014 – An OSCE-supported conference on countering the use of the Internet for terrorist purposes took place today in Astana, Kazakhstan...
Regional conference in Vilnius promotes legal co-operation among central and east European countries in combatting terrorism
Publishing date: 25 November 2014
VILNIUS, 25 November 2014 – Promoting international legal co-operation between countries of central and eastern Europe in combatting terrorism is the focus of a two-day regional conference which opened today in Vilnius...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek trains law enforcement agencies on combatting terrorism
Publishing date: 25 November 2014
A five-day training course on combatting terrorism, organized by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek in co-operation with the Anti-terrorism Centre of the State Committee on National Security of Kyrgyzstan, ended on 21 November 2014 at the Bakaev Institute in Bishkek...
Confidence building measures to enhance cybersecurity in focus at OSCE meeting in Vienna
Publishing date: 7 November 2014
VIENNA, 7 November 2014 – Cyber-security experts and representatives of the private sector, think-tanks and academia are meeting in Vienna today to discuss the implementation so far of a ground-breaking set of Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) agreed by OSCE participating States last year on reducing the risk of conflict stemming from the use of information and communication technologies (ICT), while exploring how the development of additional CBMs could be boosted.
OSCE-supported national expert workshop addressing terrorist use of Internet, cybercrimes and other cyber threats completed in Mongolia
Publishing date: 30 October 2014
ULAANBAATAR, 30 October 2014 – A two-day OSCE-supported national expert workshop addressing terrorist use of the Internet, cybercrime and other cyber threats ended today in Ulaanbaatar. The expert workshop was co-organized by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department, and the Mongolian Law Enforcement University...
Mutual trust, dialogue needed to prevent terrorist abuse of non-profit organizations, say participants of workshop in Bratislava
Publishing date: 28 October 2014
BRATISLAVA, 28 October 2014- Government authorities and non-profit organizations need to engage in regular dialogue on the basis of mutual trust to ensure non-profit organizations are not abused by terrorists or operate as fronts for the financing of terrorism, said participants of a three-day regional workshop which opened today in the Slovak capital...
Cyprus workshop explores best practices in strengthening rule of law – compliant criminal justice responses to combating terrorism
Publishing date: 28 October 2014
Effective rule of law-based responses, as outlined in the Global Counterterrorism Forum’s (GCTF) Rabat Memorandum on Good Practices for Effective Counterterrorism Practice in the Criminal Justice Sector, were the focus of a two-day national training event organized by the OSCE in co-operation with the Government of the Republic of Cyprus in Nicosia on 22 and 23 October 2014 for representatives of agencies in Cyprus that deal with counter-terrorism...