Skip navigation

0Meta Navigation

× Close search

Navigation

Home Newsroom Press releases
Newsroom

News and press releases

Subscribe to News Updates

News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.

Statement by the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group

Publishing date: 5 May 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Minsk Group
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Moscow/Paris/Washington, 5 May 2021- The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Stephane Visconti of France, and Andrew Schofer of the United States of America) released the following statement today:

Joint OSCE/Frontex meeting explores ways to strengthen document checks at borders in South-Eastern Europe

Publishing date: 5 May 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management
Exploring ways to further strengthen capabilities for document checks at border controls in South-Eastern Europe was the focus of an online meeting held on 29 April 2021 as a follow-up to the 2019 Co-ordination Conference on Preventing Document Fraud — co-operation in South Eastern Europe.

Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 4 May 2021

Publishing date: 4 May 2021
Content type: Weekly report
Where we are: OSCE Observer Mission at the Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk (discontinued)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). The overall number of border crossings by persons increased at both BCPs compared to the previous week...

Multilateral engagement key to open and secure cyberspace

Publishing date: 4 May 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Cyber/ICT Security
VIENNA/STOCKHOLM, 4 May 2021 — With society more interconnected through technology than ever before, multilateral engagement is key to building confidence and trust to ensure an open and secure cyberspace, participants agreed during the opening session of the OSCE-wide Cyber/ICT Security Conference held online today.

OSCE concludes training course on legal support to victims of domestic violence for Women Resource Centres lawyers and local authorities in Tajikistan

Publishing date: 4 May 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Gender equality
A four-day training course for lawyers from the OSCE-supported Women’s Resource Centres (WRCs) and local authorities was organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe from 27 to 30 April in Dushanbe. The event brought together 23 participants from the Sughd, Khatlon, Rasht Valley regions, and Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region of Tajikistan.

Calls between OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Linde and Foreign Ministers of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan

Publishing date: 1 May 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
STOCKHOLM, 1 May 2021 — OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Ann Linde, held phone conversations with Ruslan Kazakbaev, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan and Sirojiddin Muhriddin, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan. CiO Linde raised the latest developments on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border and expressed concern about the escalation of violence. She expressed her condolences for the loss of lives on both sides and concern for those injured.

OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan supports seminars on countering cybercrimes in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 30 April 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Cyber/ICT Security
Two back-to-back online training seminars on criminal law and criminological characteristics of computer crimes, methodology for detecting and investigating criminal offenses committed using information and communication technologies (ICT) concluded on 30 April 2021 in Nur-Sultan.