News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE and UNODC deliver training course in Uzbekistan on improving analytical tools and skills to effectively counter terrorist financing
Publishing date: 6 December 2019
A three-day training course aimed at further strengthening the capacity of Uzbekistan to counter terrorist financing was organized in Tashkent from 4 to 6 December 2019...
OSCE and INTERPOL discuss ways to strengthen co-operation in countering transnational threats
Publishing date: 5 December 2019
BRATISLAVA, 5 December 2019 – A high-level side event on “Border Security and Counter-Terrorism” was held today on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Bratislava. The panel discussion focused on the long-standing co-operation between the OSCE and INTERPOL and was attended by high-level representatives of the two organizations.
OSCE conducts training on countering transnational crime and identification of foreign terrorist fighters for border officers in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 28 November 2019
An OSCE-supported three-day training course on countering transnational crime and identification of potential foreign terrorist fighters (FTFs) concluded on 28 November 2019 in Aktau, Kazakhstan...
Rehabilitation of foreign terrorist fighters and their families in Kazakhstan focus of OSCE-supported seminar in Nur-Sultan
Publishing date: 22 November 2019
An OSCE-supported seminar on the presentation of manuals on how to work in the rehabilitation of returning foreign terrorist fighters and their families took place on 22 November 2019 in Nur-Sultan...
Educators are at forefront of defence against violent extremism tendencies, conclude participants at OSCE training course in Montenegro
Publishing date: 21 November 2019
Defence against violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism requires an integrated approach, and educators are at the forefront of the defence against violent extremism tendencies. This was concluded at the workshop “Prevention of Violent Extremism and Radicalization Leading to Terrorism for Primary and Secondary School Professors”, organized by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, on 19 and 20 November 2019 in Bijelo Polje and Bar...
OSCE and international partners open regional workshop in South-Eastern Europe on protection of critical infrastructure against terrorist attacks
Publishing date: 20 November 2019
How to strengthen critical infrastructure against terrorist attacks is being explored at a three-day regional expert workshop for national representatives from eight OSCE participating States in South-Eastern Europe, which opened on 19 November 2019 in Skopje...
OSCE train-the-trainer regional seminar aims to build capacities of women civil society leaders in South-Eastern Europe to prevent violent extremism
Publishing date: 18 November 2019
Fifteen representatives of civil society and OSCE field operations from across South-Eastern Europe participated in a regional train-the-trainer seminar for future facilitators of courses tailored for women leaders on preventing violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism. The seminar, held in Belgrade from 11 to 16 November 2019, was organized by the Action against Terrorism Unit of the OSCE Transnational Threats Department...