News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mediterranean Points of Contact Network on border security and management complete training course on passenger data systems in Bari, Italy
Publishing date: 14 June 2019
Members of the OSCE Mediterranean Points of Contact Network on border security and management completed an intensive and interactive four-day training course on Advance Passenger Information (API) and Passenger Name Record (PNR) systems on 14 June 2019 in Bari, Italy...
OSCE organizes national seminar in Georgia on a whole-of-society approach to preventing and countering violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism
Publishing date: 13 June 2019
A two-day national seminar on a whole-of-society approach to countering violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism (VERLT), organized by the OSCE and the Government of Georgia, began on 13 June 2019 in Tbilisi. This is the first seminar of the kind organized by the OSCE in the country...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo organizes second annual employment fair for Kosovo Roma, Kosovo Ashkali, and Kosovo Egyptian communities
Publishing date: 13 June 2019
On 11 June, the OSCE Mission in Kosovo started a series of employment fairs for members of Kosovo Roma, Kosovo Ashkali, and Kosovo Egyptian communities in Pejë/Peć. The employment fairs aim to create a bridge between potential employers and employees, and to provide community members with a network for career exploration...
OSCE supports evaluation workshop and on-site training in improving mining and tailings safety in Kokshetau, Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 13 June 2019
An OSCE-supported on-site training and evaluation workshop under an UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) project on improving mining and tailings safety, with special attention to transboundary implications on the territories of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, concluded on 13 June 2019 in Kokshetau, Kazakhstan.
OSCE Academy in Bishkek and MGIMO sign Memorandum of Understanding
Publishing date: 13 June 2019
On 11 June 2019 the OSCE Academy in Bishkek and the Moscow State Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia (MGIMO) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which will allow for closer academic exchange between the two institutions, research internship opportunities for OSCE Academy students, and the implementation of joint projects...
OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on rehabilitation and reintegration of juvenile offenders held in Dushanbe
Publishing date: 12 June 2019
A roundtable meeting on the rehabilitation and reintegration of juvenile offenders was held in Dushanbe on 11 June 2019. The event was jointly organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe and Tajikistan’s Ministry of Justice.
Albania, Finland and Poland appoint members to the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration
Publishing date: 12 June 2019
Albania, Finland and Poland have renewed the mandates or, alternatively, appointed new members to the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration Court for new terms of six years after the previous mandates of their members expired. The appointments of the conciliators, the arbitrators and their alternates were made in accordance with Articles 3 and 4 of the Convention on Conciliation and Arbitration within the OSCE, which was signed in 1992 in Stockholm...