News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Strengthening border security co-operation with Mediterranean Partners focus of meeting organized with Spanish National Police
Publishing date: 5 July 2022
A meeting of OSCE Mediterranean Points of Contact Network on Border Security and Management, organized by the Border Security and Management Unit of the OSCE Transnational Threats Department and the Spanish Policía Nacional concluded today. The Spanish National Police hosted this meeting in Madrid on 4 and 5 July and brought together high-level participants from the border and customs services of Egypt, Israel, Jordan and Morocco.
OSCE Chairman-in-Office and Secretary General announce upcoming closure of Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine
Publishing date: 30 June 2022
WARSAW/VIENNA, 30 June – OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Foreign Minister of Poland, Zbigniew Rau and OSCE Secretary General, Helga Maria Schmid, have announced that the OSCE has initiated steps to close the office of the Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine.
OSCE Annual Security Review Conference takes places against backdrop of war on Ukraine
Publishing date: 29 June 2022
VIENNA, 29 June 2022 – The Annual Security Review Conference (ASRC), the OSCE’s main event for enhancing dialogue on regional security challenges, took place on 28 and 29 June 2022.
Women, youth, must be an integral part of solutions in times of crisis, say participants at OSCE Mediterranean Partners meeting
Publishing date: 28 June 2022
VIENNA, 28 June 2022 – Integrating women and youth to be part of solutions to challenges in times of crisis was at the centre of the OSCE Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation Group meeting that took place in Vienna today.
Legacy of OSCE LIVE: Trained facilitators meet in Vienna to launch Community of Practice on Preventing Violent Extremism
Publishing date: 22 June 2022
To celebrate the multi-annual OSCE Leaders against Intolerance and Violent Extremism (LIVE) initiative, the OSCE Transnational Threats Department’s Action against Terrorism Unit (TNTD/ATU) hosted a 2-day in-person workshop for facilitators in Central Asia and South-Eastern Europe trained under the LIVE initiative in Vienna on 21-22 June.
OSCE seminar marks a decade of comprehensive efforts to prevent and counter violent extremism
Publishing date: 20 June 2022
The OSCE Transnational Threats Department’s Action against Terrorism Unit (TNTD/ATU) marked a decade of efforts to prevent and counter violent extremism on 20 June 2022 in an anniversary Seminar held in Vienna. The seminar, titled In Retrospect: 10 Years of a Comprehensive Approach to Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism- Good Practices and Evolving Challenges in the OSCE area, was an opportunity to take stock of good practices, to identify and discuss evolving and existing challenges in the OSCE area, and to draft a set of recommendations that stakeholders can use moving forward.
Social entrepreneurship focus of OSCE-organized seminar in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 20 June 2022
Social entrepreneurship, best practices and lessons learnt were discussed during an OSCE-organized online seminar in Ashgabat on 20 and 21 June 2022. The seminar brought together representatives from the Ministry of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations, Ministry of Finance and Economy of