News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
North Macedonia enhances inter-agency co-operation and develops new approaches to disrupt the financing of terrorism
Publishing date: 6 October 2022
On 6 October, the OSCE Transnational Threats Department, in co-operation with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), and with the support of the OSCE Mission to Skopje, organized a train-the-trainer course aimed at improving the skills of officials from North Macedonia to disrupt terrorist groups through the application of financial tools.
Ensuring fair trial rights in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic the focus of ODIHR event
Publishing date: 6 October 2022
Criminal justice and technology experts discussed rule of law challenges arising from the Covid-19 pandemic together with civil society representatives at an event held by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 5 October 2022. The event took place in the margins of
OSCE Mission to Montenegro organizes second training session on live and emergency reporting for RTCG journalists
Publishing date: 6 October 2022
Following an in-house training on live and emergency reporting in May, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro organized the second round of a training course for journalists of the national public service broadcaster – Radio Television Montenegro (RTCG) to improve their skills and techniques to better report live on developing stories from 3 to 5 October.
Preventing human trafficking in supply chains focus of OSCE forum in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 5 October 2022
Combating human trafficking and forced labour in supply chains of companies and public entities was the focus of a forum organised today in Tashkent by the Office of the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings and the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, in partnership with the National Commission for Combating Trafficking in Persons and Forced Labour of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
OSCE organizes training courses to raise awareness of the threat of violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 5 October 2022
The second in a series of three-day training courses on raising awareness on the threat of Violent Extremism and Radicalization that Lead to Terrorism (VERLT) concluded on 5 October 2022 in Ashgabat. The aim of the events is to introduce the basic concepts of VERLT and to raise awareness of
Strengthening law enforcement co-operation in combating trafficking in human beings focus of OSCE conference in Astana
Publishing date: 5 October 2022
An OSCE Central Asian regional conference on strengthening law enforcement co-operation in combating trafficking in human beings, co-organized by the Programme Office in Dushanbe and the Programme Office in Astana, in co-operation with the Office of the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, was held on 4 and 5 October 2022 in Astana.
ODIHR event highlights how crises affect disabled people disproportionately
Publishing date: 5 October 2022
Crises such as health emergencies and armed conflicts have a disproportionate impact on people with disabilities. This issue and examples of positive practice that ensure disability inclusion amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing armed conflict in Ukraine were discussed at an event organized