News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Statement by the OSCE Troika to condemn Russia’s intensified attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure across Ukraine
Publishing date: 18 June 2025
HELSINKI/VALLETTA/BERN, 18 June 2025- Today, the OSCE Troika – Chairperson-in-Office of the OSCE and Foreign Minister of Finland Elina Valtonen, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Tourism of Malta Ian Borg, and Federal Councillor and Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland Ignazio Cassis – made the following statement:
Advancing protection from violence against women in conflict: civil society voices at the centre
Publishing date: 17 June 2025
From 9 to 11 June, 16 women human rights defenders and civil society representatives from Ukraine and Bosnia and Herzegovina met in Vienna to highlight the urgent need to prioritize addressing violence against women and girls in post-conflict reconstruction and recovery efforts.
Law enforcement representatives from Ukraine build knowledge around Advance Passenger Information and passenger data systems during OSCE study visit to the United Kingdom
Publishing date: 16 June 2025
Law enforcement representatives from Ukraine built their knowledge of how to develop a passenger data system for the processing of Advance Passenger Information (API) during a study visit organized by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department, jointly with the OSCE Support Programme for Ukraine, from 11 to 12 June.
OSCE Chairpersonship Conference on Climate and Security underscored the importance of a comprehensive approach
Publishing date: 12 June 2025
ESPOO, 12 June 2024 ― The OSCE Chairpersonship Conference on Climate and Security concluded yesterday in Espoo, Finland. The conference focused on the urgent need to act on the pressing national, regional and global security challenges posed by climate change.
OSCE enhances Ukrainian border guards’ expertise in passport security paper
Publishing date: 12 June 2025
The OSCE Transnational Threats Department conducted an online training course from 10 to 11 June, where document experts from Greece and the United Kingdom helped Ukraine’s State Border Guard Service learn more about the security elements of passport paper and its production.
Ukrainian demining personnel trained with OSCE and EU support
Publishing date: 19 May 2025
Seventeen representatives from Ukraine’s demining agencies underwent a two-and-a-half month training to obtain an international qualification in explosive ordnance disposal. Organized by the OSCE Support Programme for Ukraine with support from the European Union, the training programme concluded on 18 May and included a combination of theoretical and practical exercises in line with the International Mine Action Standards (IMAS).
OSCE and partners train Moldovan and Ukrainian border officers to combat vehicle document fraud
Publishing date: 15 May 2025
The OSCE Transnational Threats Department, in co-operation with Beruku Identity, an expert group on digital identity, personal data and cybersecurity and forensic experts from Greece, trained 40 officers from the Border Police of Moldova and the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine on detecting and preventing vehicle document fraud at land border crossing points during an online training course from 12 to 15 May.