News and press releases

KONJIC, 6 April 2016 – More than 50 media professionals, law enforcement agencies’ spokespersons and prosecutor’s offices’ public relations personnel from BiH convened in Konjic today in a conference on the role of media in countering violent extremism to discuss the challenges they face in reporting on violent extremism and terrorism. The conference was organized by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, in co-operation with the BiH Security Ministry...

ULAANBAATAR, 6 April 2016 — Strengthening protection and preparedness against cyber-attacks aimed at industrial control systems is the focus of a two-day table-top simulation starting today in Ulaanbaatar and organized by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department with the support of the Government of Mongolia...

More than 75 experts are taking part in an online forum being organized by the OSCE from 4 to 15 April 2016 on how to better prevent and manage terrorist kidnapping and hostage-taking cases. Training, the protection of victims and the role of media are topics particularly in focus...

CHERKASY, Ukraine, 4 April 2016 – A five-day training course for Ukrainian border control officers aimed at increasing their operational awareness to detect forged travel documents started today in Cherkasy. This course will be followed by an advanced train-the-trainer programme from 11 to 16 April 2016...

BISHKEK, 30 March 2016 – Co-operation between the media and civil society in countering threats to the free flow of information and in promoting transparency and accountability were the focus of a two-day regional media conference, which ended today in Bishkek. The conference was organized by the OSCE Academy, in co-operation with the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, Internews–Kyrgyzstan and the Soros Foundation in Kyrgyzstan...

BERLIN, 29 March 2016- OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier is to depart for Central Asia this evening, where he will visit the OSCE participating States of Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan from 30 March to 1 April. He will hold talks with political leaders and meet representatives of civil society in all three countries...

SARAJEVO, 22 March 2016- A conference on consequence management in response to an act of terrorism, organized by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and the Ministry of Security of BiH, gathered today over sixty participants from the security and judicial sectors. The conference aimed to strengthen capacities in managing terrorist related incidents and furthering inter-agency co-operation and co-ordination...