News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Presence in Albania presents achievements in preventing and countering violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism in prisons and probation services
Publishing date: 31 January 2020
The results of a project on preventing and countering violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism (VERLT) in prisons and probation services were presented by the OSCE Presence in Albania on 31 January 2020 in Tirana...
OSCE PA members pay tribute to 22 July 2011 victims in Norway, stress need for effective counter-terrorism strategies
Publishing date: 15 January 2020
OSLO, 15 January 2020 – Honoring the victims of the 22 July 2011 terrorist attacks in Utøya and Oslo requires working to ensure that this sort of horrific attack is never repeated, said OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President George Tsereteli, Secretary General Roberto Montella and members of the OSCE PA’s Ad Hoc Committee on Countering Terrorism (CCT) today wrapping up a visit to Norway...
OSCE conducted training course on innovative techniques to identify impostors at borders in Mongolia
Publishing date: 24 December 2019
The OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department Border Security and Management Unit (TNTD/BSMU) held a training course on the detection of forged documents and impostors in Ulaanbaatar from 16 to 20 December 2019. The event was organized in co-operation with the University of Internal Affairs of Mongolia and conducted by document experts of the Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior.
Presentation of guidelines for journalists on reporting on violent extremism and terrorism in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 18 December 2019
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and the Press Council in BiH presented the guidelines for journalists “Reporting on Violent Extremism and Terrorism” on 18 December 2019 in Sarajevo...
How to strengthen protection of ‘soft’ targets against terrorist attacks explored at OSCE-wide expert seminar in Vienna
Publishing date: 16 December 2019
VIENNA, 16 December 2019 – More than 120 national experts, representatives from international and regional organizations, the private sector, academia and civil society are exploring how to strengthen the resilience of ‘soft’ targets against terrorist attacks through public-private partnerships during a two-day OSCE-wide expert seminar, which opened today in Vienna...
OSCE Programme Office continues to support live exercise to counter drug-related money laundering in Almaty
Publishing date: 13 December 2019
An OSCE-organized week-long simulation exercise on countering drug-related money laundering concluded on 13 December 2019 in Almaty. It took place at the Central Asian Regional Information and Co-ordination Centre for Combating Illicit Trafficking of Narcotic Drugs, Psychotropic Substances and their Precursors (CARICC).
OSCE supports regional efforts to tackle the digital dimensions of violent extremism in Central Asia
Publishing date: 12 December 2019
A two-day expert meeting on how to address the digital dimensions of violent extremism in Central Asia opened on 12 December 2019 in Dushanbe for some 70 experts from all the Central Asian states and Afghanistan. The participants include representatives of law enforcement agencies, relevant state institutions, the ICT industry, civil society, youth organizations, academia, and the media...