News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Secretary General concludes visit to Moscow
Publishing date: 12 March 2025
MOSCOW/VIENNA, 12 March 2025 — OSCE Secretary General Feridun H. Sinirlioğlu concluded his official visit to Moscow today.
OSCE and Finnish Border Guard enhance Ukraine’s capacity to detect forged documents
Publishing date: 7 March 2025
The OSCE Transnational Threats Department held a two-week training course on detecting forged documents and impostors at border crossing points for the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (SBGS) in Krakow, Poland, from 24 February to 7 March. The course enhanced the knowledge of 28 Ukrainian border guards on international document standards, security features, printing techniques, and emerging trends in the forgery of travel documents.
OSCE supports Ukrainian security sector through study visit on gender mentorship
Publishing date: 27 February 2025
The OSCE Transnational Threat Department and the Gender Issues Programme, with the support of the OSCE Mission to Skopje, organized a study visit to Skopje, North Macedonia, for participants from Ukraine’s State Border Guard Service, the State Emergency Service and the National Police on 25 and 26 February.
OSCE Secretary General concludes visit to Kyiv
Publishing date: 25 February 2025
KYIV/VIENNA, 25 February 2025 — The OSCE Secretary General, Feridun H. Sinirlioğlu, concluded his two-day official visit to Ukraine.
Continued efforts to ensuring justice and accountability key to lasting peace in Ukraine, OSCE human rights office says
Publishing date: 24 February 2025
WARSAW, 24 February 2025 – As we mark the third year since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, efforts to uphold justice and achieve accountability remain crucial for a just and lasting peace, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) said today.
Statement by the OSCE Troika to mark the start of the fourth year of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine
Publishing date: 24 February 2025
HELSINKI/VALLETTA/BERN, 24 February 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:
OSCE strengthens training capacity of Moldovan and Ukrainian border guards to identify forged documents and imposters
Publishing date: 31 January 2025
From 27 to 31 January, the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department held a training-of-trainers course for the Moldova Border Police and the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (SBGS) in Chișinău, Moldova. The event focused on developing the instructional skills of the seven participating border officers so that they may conduct future training within their national services on identifying forged documents and imposters at border crossing points. This is the first joint training-of-trainers course on this topic for the neighbouring participating States.