News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE-supported regional workshop in Minsk promotes best practices and effective regulations in averting anti-money laundering risks in the use of cryptocurrencies
Publishing date: 27 September 2019
Practitioners from Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine completed a three-day OSCE-supported workshop in Minsk on 26 September 2019, which focused on best practices and effective regulations to counter money laundering risks in the use of cryptocurrencies, and the criminalization of crypto-exchanges...
OSCE-supported conference discusses the future of open government data in Tashkent
Publishing date: 27 September 2019
The international conference Open Data Tashkent 2019 took place at Inha University in Tashkent on 27 September 2019. The event is part of the project Support of Uzbekistan in improvement of Open Data Management-2019. The project is implemented by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan together with the State Committee on Statistics, and the Ministry for the Development of Information Technologies and Communications.
OSCE, UNODC and ICITAP deliver training course in Albania on investigation tools and skills to counter terrorist financing
Publishing date: 27 September 2019
Twenty-three participants (including eight women) completed a five-day training course on 27 September 2019 held in Golem, Albania, aimed at further strengthening their capacity to counter the financing of terrorism. The participants were from Albania’s General Directorate for the Prevention of Money Laundering, the State Intelligence Service (SHISH), the Albanian State Police, the Ministry of Justice and the Prosecution Office for Serious Crimes. The course was jointly organized by the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department, the OSCE Presence in Albania, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), and the International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP)...
OSCE facilitated participation of the State Election Commission of Montenegro at the 28th Association of European Election Officials conference
Publishing date: 27 September 2019
With the support of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, the State Election Commission representatives attended the 28th Association of European Election Officials (ACEEEO) conference, on “Judicial Protection of Electoral Rights and Transparency of Elections” in Ljubljana from 24 to 26 September 2019...
OSCE supports regional training seminar on climate change mitigation and adaptation in Central Asia
Publishing date: 27 September 2019
Advancing legal expertise on climate change adaptation and mitigation to foster environmentally sound practices is the focus of an annual three-day training seminar taking place from 26 to 28 September 2019 in Almaty, Kazakhstan...
Freedom of expression and hate speech prevention on the Internet in Kazakhstan focus of OSCE-organized training course for journalists
Publishing date: 27 September 2019
An OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan-supported seminar on the protection of freedom of expression and policies to counter hate speech on the Internet took place on 27 September 2019 in Semey, Kazakhstan. It was co-organized with the NGO “Legal Media Centre”...
Promoting women empowerment in socio-political and economic spheres in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 27 September 2019
From 26 to 27 September 2019, the OSCE Programme Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan (PCUz) is conducting a round-table discussion on the advancement of women's participation in politics and business, investing in women's professional development and leadership skills. The event is jointly organized with the Committee on Gender Issues of Uzbekistan’s Senate of the Oliy Majlis (the upper house of the parliament)...