News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Secretary General Schmid to visit Moscow
Publishing date: 20 June 2021
VIENNA, 20 June 2021 — OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid will visit Moscow for meetings with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov, other high-level officials and parliamentarians from 21 to 24 June...
OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe and Tajikistan’s Interior Ministry discuss co-operation for 2021
Publishing date: 18 June 2021
Valeriu Chiveri, Head of the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, met the Interior Minister of Tajikistan, Colonel General Rahimzoda Ramazon Hamro on 17 June 2021 to discuss areas of co-operation for 2021.
OSCE event discusses development of national environmental protection and monitoring system in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 18 June 2021
An OSCE-organized seminar on issues of environmental protection system development, held on 17 and 18 June 2021 in Ashgabat, brought together representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection, National Institute of Deserts, Flora and Fauna, Society of Nature Protection and
OSCE organizes training course on digital journalism and multimedia instruments in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 18 June 2021
An OSCE-organized training course on digital journalism and multimedia instruments took place from 16 to 18 June 2021 in Ashgabat. The three-day event brought together journalists from the country’s leading print and online media. The purpose was to provide support in capacity building of staff of national newspapers involved in the digital transformation of print media.
OSCE supports book presentation on environmental challenges in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 17 June 2021
The OSCE-supported book presentation “Tomorrow was late. Environmental risks in Kazakhstan” took place on 17 June 2021 in Nur-Sultan. The book was prepared by the Private Dossym Satpayev Foundation in partnership with the Kazakh-German University, the Friedrich Ebert Foundation and the online eco-journal Living Asia.
Dialogue and engagement needed for addressing security threats and new technologies in arms control, say participants at OSCE Security Chat
Publishing date: 16 June 2021
VIENNA, 16 June 2021 — We need constructive dialogue and re-engagement at all levels of arms control to address current and future security threats and the challenges posed by new technologies, agreed participants at the OSCE Security Chat held online today.
North Macedonia participates in train-the-trainer course as part of OSCE–UNODC training programme to strengthen capacities to counter terrorist financing
Publishing date: 16 June 2021
The OSCE Transnational Threats Department’s Action against Terrorism Unit and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) organized an online train-the-trainer course from 14 to 16 June 2021, as part of a multiannual training programme to strengthen North Macedonia’s capacities in countering the financing of terrorism.