News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Winners of OSCE design contest challenge violent extremism with creative cartoons
Publishing date: 28 July 2016
VIENNA, 28 July 2016 – Artists from France, Armenia and the United Kingdom won the #LetsDoodle drawing competition organized under the OSCE’s United in Countering Violent Extremism campaign...
OSCE Office in Tajikistan’s training series highlights role of parents in the fight against terrorism
Publishing date: 26 July 2016
DUSHANBE, 26 July 2016 – The Parents Against Terrorism training series, organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan, started yesterday in Kulyab in the country’s Khatlon region with the aim of enhancing the knowledge and understanding of the local population about Violent Extremism and Radicalization that lead to Terrorism (VERLT) in order to build the community’s resilience to this phenomenon...
OSCE Centre signs long-term agreement on co-operation with Kyrgyz State Committee on National Security
Publishing date: 19 July 2016
BISHKEK, 19 July 2016 – The OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the State Committee on National Security (SCNS) signed a long-term agreement with the aim of increasing co-operation to support the country's security sector...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Steinmeier and Secretary General Zannier condemn terror attack in Nice
Publishing date: 15 July 2016
BERLIN / VIENNA, 15 July 2016 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier today condemned the deadly terror attack in Nice, France...
OSCE supports workshop on risks-oriented approach in combating money laundering and financing of terrorism in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 8 July 2016
ISSYK-KUL, Kyrgyzstan, 8 July 2016 – A five-day training course supported by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek on a risk-oriented approach in supervising activities related to anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism concluded today in Bosteri village, in the Issyk-Kul region...
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President condemns suicide bombings at Ataturk International Airport
Publishing date: 29 June 2016
COPENHAGEN, 29 June 2016 – Following the suicide bombings yesterday at Ataturk International Airport in Istanbul, killing at least 36, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) issued the following statement...
Combating violent extremism through modern communication technologies discussed at OSCE–supported international conference in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 18 June 2016
ISSYK-KUL, Kyrgyzstan, 18 June 2016 – An-OSCE supported conference attended by some 100 participants from 20 countries on international co-operation in countering terrorist and extremist organizations through the use of modern communication technologies concluded today in Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan...