News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE and UNODC deliver train-the-trainer course to enhance Bosnia and Herzegovina’s capabilities to disrupt terrorist financing
Publishing date: 19 October 2022
A three-day train-the-trainer course focused on furthering the skills of officials from Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) to disrupt terrorist groups through the application of financial techniques concluded on 19 October 2022 in Vienna. The OSCE Transnational Threats Department organized this initiative as part of an ongoing training programme on countering terrorist financing, in co-operation with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), and with the support of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media meets with Ambassador of the Republic of Moldova
Publishing date: 19 October 2022
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM), Teresa Ribeiro, met today, 18 October 2022, with Ambassador Mihaela Mocanu to discuss the areas in which the RFoM’s institution can provide assistance to Moldova. Ribeiro and Mocanu discussed, among other things, the challenges posed by
OSCE Mission to Montenegro partners with Association of Youth with Disabilities to raise awareness on voting rights for people with disabilities
Publishing date: 18 October 2022
Working with the Association of Youth with Disabilities, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro launched a campaign to inform over 1,000 persons people deprived of their legal right to vote in elections.
OSCE Presence in Albania, Central Election Commission sign Memorandum of Understanding on strengthening election administration capacities, intensifying co-operation
Publishing date: 17 October 2022
On 17 October, the OSCE Presence in Albania and the Central Election Commission (CEC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to intensify co-operation for advancing CEC’s capacities to carry out its work in line with OSCE/ODIHR recommendations and best international standards. “This document is a
OSCE Secretary General launches the first OSCE Women’s Peace Leadership Programme
Publishing date: 17 October 2022
OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid launched the first OSCE Women’s Peace Leadership Programme today. Participants from all over the OSCE region and beyond, including Ukraine and Afghanistan – high-level women mentors and women leaders selected as mentees – participated in the event.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro and Police Academy discuss possibilities for co-operation in order to meet needs of police cadets
Publishing date: 14 October 2022
On 14 October, Head of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, Dominique Waag, visited the Police Academy in Danilovgrad and met with its acting director Vladimir Stanišić. The meeting discussed challenges that the Academy faces and possibilities for future co-operation.
OSCE Presence in Albania and partners discuss achievements and future plans of small arms and light weapons project
Publishing date: 14 October 2022
The second executive committee of the project “Assisting the national authorities of the Republic of Albania to decrease the risk of weapon proliferation and misuse of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)” was gathered in Tirana on 14 October 2022. The project is implemented by the OSCE Presence in