News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairpersonship Forum in Prague calls for action on climate and security
Publishing date: 12 September 2025
PRAGUE, 12 September 2025 — Over 200 participants—including representatives from OSCE participating States, Partners for Co-operation, OSCE structures, civil society, international organizations, and subject-matter experts—gathered in Prague for the Chairpersonship Forum, “Building a Resilient
OSCE conducts specialized training in Ukraine on practical applications of open data for the business and financial sectors
Publishing date: 12 September 2025
Open data offers timely insights into markets, competitors, and consumers, serving as a key enabler of evidence-based decision-making, financial innovation, and sustainable growth. To promote its use across Ukraine’s business and financial sectors, the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic
OSCE supports Ukraine in developing national strategy to combat illicit SALW
Publishing date: 3 September 2025
In response to the growing threats posed by illicit trafficking in firearms, ammunition and explosives, the Government of Ukraine is seeking to develop a national strategy on Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW), together with a comprehensive action plan to guide its implementation.
Statement by the OSCE Troika to condemn Russia’s repeated attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure across Ukraine
Publishing date: 29 August 2025
HELSINKI/VALLETTA/BERN, 29 August 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:
Ukraine appoints three experts following invocation of the OSCE’s Moscow Mechanism
Publishing date: 18 August 2025
On 24 July 2025 and following consultation with Ukraine, 41 OSCE participating States invoked the Moscow Mechanism “on violations and abuses of human rights and violations of IHL, including possible cases of war crimes and crimes against humanity, related to the treatment of Ukrainian POWs by the
OSCE pilot initiative helps freshly trained Ukrainian border guards deliver first document security training for peers at border crossing points
Publishing date: 13 August 2025
An OSCE pilot ‘train-the-trainers’ initiative is helping freshly trained Ukrainian border guards test their skills as trainers in document security at border crossing points.
Border guards in Ukraine work with OSCE to become trainers in document fraud detection at border crossing points
Publishing date: 8 August 2025
Border guards from Ukraine built their skills for training border guards on document fraud detection during a ‘train-the-trainers’ course organized by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department, in co-operation with the Main Forensic Center of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, from 4 to 8 August in Lviv.