News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE organizes national table-top simulation in Skopje on protecting critical energy infrastructure from terrorist attacks focusing on threats emanating from cyberspace
Publishing date: 27 March 2017
Strengthening protection and preparedness against terrorist attacks aimed at industrial control systems is the focus of a table-top simulation held in Skopje on 27 and 28 March 2017. Twenty-six experts from different state authorities and private sector representatives, such as operators, providers and owners, are participating in the national exercise organized by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department with the support of the OSCE Mission in Skopje...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and OSCE Secretary General condemn heinous attacks in London
Publishing date: 22 March 2017
VIENNA, 22 March 2017 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Austria’s Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz and OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier today condemned the abject attacks in London, offering their sincere condolences to the families and friends of those killed, and wishing those hurt and caught up in the incidents a rapid recovery...
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Muttonen condemns attack at UK Parliament
Publishing date: 22 March 2017
COPENHAGEN, 22 March 2017 – Following an attack today near the British Houses of Parliament, which is reportedly being treated as “a terrorist incident” by the London police, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Christine Muttonen (MP, Austria) issued the following statement...
OSCE Mission to Serbia hosts workshop on prevention of violent extremism
Publishing date: 22 March 2017
A two-day workshop on the prevention of violent extremism, organized by the OSCE Mission to Serbia and the Serbian Interior Ministry, took place on 20 and 21 March 2017 in Belgrade...
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Winter Meeting opens with calls for improving dialogue in times of crisis
Publishing date: 23 February 2017
VIENNA, 23 February 2017 – International terrorism, human rights and combating climate change are among the issues topping the agenda as some 250 members of parliament from more than 50 OSCE countries gather for the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s 16th Winter Meeting in Vienna...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Sebastian Kurz attends roundtable discussion on youth role in countering violent extremism in Skopje
Publishing date: 13 February 2017
SKOPJE, 13 February 2017- OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Austria’s Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz, Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki, Head of the OSCE Mission to Skopje Ambassador Nina Suomalainen and the Mission’s informal Youth Advisory Group exchanged views on youth perspectives in countering radicalization and violent extremism in a roundtable discussion hosted yesterday in Skopje...
Active youth from the Black Sea region convened in Moldova to formulate policy recommendations on preventing violent extremism
Publishing date: 3 February 2017
CHISINAU, 3 February 2017 – A group of 14 young men and women from Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Moldova, Romania, Turkey and the Russian Federation came together in Chisinau, Moldova, for a two-day workshop to discuss the threat of violent extremism in the Black Sea region. The workshop was convened at the initiative of the Austrian Chairmanship which has identified the prevention of terrorist radicalization as one of its priorities.