News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Dire situation of Nobel laureates Ressa and Muratov shows need to continue defending media freedom, says OSCE Media Freedom Representative
Publishing date: 14 October 2022
VIENNA, 14 October 2022 — One year after prominent journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov were awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize, the media freedom situation has further deteriorated, stated OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Teresa Ribeiro today. While the Novaya Gazeta newspaper in the Russian Federation, of which Dmitri Muratov is chief-editor, was ordered to shut down, Maria Ressa now faces the immediate threat of imprisonment for her journalistic work.
Conference on border security and management, counter-terrorism, to take place in Dushanbe
Publishing date: 14 October 2022
The International High-Level Conference on “International and Regional Border Security and Management Cooperation to Counter Terrorism and Prevent the Movement of Terrorists” will take place in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, from 18 to 19 October 2022.
OSCE concludes training on the Identification of Forged Documents for the Albanian Border Police in Tirana
Publishing date: 14 October 2022
From 10 to 14 October, the Border Security and Management Unit of the OSCE Transnational Threats Department, in close co-operation with the OSCE Presence in Albania, organized advanced training on the Identification of Forged Documents for 15 border police officers (3 women, 12 men) from Albania.
OSCE organizes lecture course on political communication for students in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 14 October 2022
Some seventy students representing the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Magtymguly Turkmen State University and the International University for Humanities and Development attended an OSCE-organized lecture course on political communication, which took
OSCE Special Representative visits Iceland, praises protection efforts for Ukrainian refugees and calls for greater vigilance to tackle online exploitation
Publishing date: 13 October 2022
REYKJAVIK, 13 October 2022 –Valiant Richey, OSCE Special Representative for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, concluded his two-day visit to Iceland. He noted positive efforts the country made in combating human trafficking in recent years, and encouraged authorities to enhance their work on evolving threats, such as online exploitation.
Parliament of Montenegro equipped to communicate on budget and research through infographics
Publishing date: 13 October 2022
Building on the training courses in 2020 and 2021, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro finalized in September advanced training sessions on infographics and data visualization for eight staff of Parliamentary Institute and Parliamentary Budget Office, enabling them to develop creative solutions for Parliament’s publications, produced in a clear and concise form.
OSCE Presence launches project to advance Albania’s training capacities in fight against human trafficking
Publishing date: 12 October 2022
The OSCE Presence in Albania presented today its project on advancing the training capacities of the School of Magistrates and the Security Academy in the fight against trafficking in human beings. The Project – financed by the governments of the United States of America, Norway and Italy – aims to