News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE workshop in Vienna focuses on networking mechanisms to counter terrorist kidnapping and hostage-taking
Publishing date: 10 December 2015
VIENNA, 10 December 2015 – Establishing an international network of national contact points to co-operate on addressing cases of kidnapping and hostage–taking by terrorists is the focus of a two-day meeting starting in Vienna today and organized by the Transnational Threats Department of the OSCE...
OSCE assists Kazakhstan’s banking sector in countering money laundering and financing of terrorism
Publishing date: 9 December 2015
An OSCE-supported international certification programme for 30 representatives of the banking sector on detecting and preventing money laundering and terrorism financing began on 9 December 2015 in Almaty, Kazakhstan...
OSCE calls for multidisciplinary approach to preventing violent extremism in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 8 December 2015
SARAJEVO, 8 December 2015 – Partnership between the security sector, civil society, local government and communities, and the private sector is of vital importance to effectively counter violent extremism in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), participants agreed at a two-day meeting organized by the OSCE Mission to BiH in co-operation with the Security Ministry that ended today...
OSCE-supported regional workshop in Malta for judges, prosecutors and investigators focuses on countering the use of the Internet for terrorist purposes
Publishing date: 7 December 2015
Countering the use of the Internet for terrorist purposes was the focus of a two-day regional workshop organized in Malta on 2-3 December 2015 by the OSCE in co-operation with the International Institute for Justice and the Rule of Law (IIJ)...
Criminal justice responses to terrorism in focus at OSCE seminar in Tashkent
Publishing date: 2 December 2015
TASHKENT, 2 December 2015- Effective criminal justice responses to terrorism, based on the rule of law, were the focus of a two-day seminar organized by the OSCE Secretariat’s Action against Terrorism Unit, in co-operation with the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, which concluded today in Tashkent...
Participants of OSCE-supported discussion in Bosnia and Herzegovina called to unite efforts in addressing online content that incites violence
Publishing date: 27 November 2015
SARAJEVO, 27 November 2015 – Addressing online content that incites violence was in the focus of a two-day OSCE-supported roundtable discussion that concluded today in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH)...
OSCE seminar in Turkmenistan focuses on measures to prevent terrorists from crossing borders undetected under false identities
Publishing date: 27 November 2015
ASHGABAT, 27 November 2015 – A two-day workshop on tools and templates for joining the Public Key Directory (PKD) of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) concluded today in Ashgabat, with the aim of enhancing local capacities in preventing terrorists crossing borders undetected using false identities...