News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Strengthens Co-operation with Kyrgyz Border Service through High-Level Visit and Equipment Demonstration in Batken
Publishing date: 1 July 2025
Batken, Kyrgyz Republic | 23 June 2025 – The OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek (POiB) reaffirmed its long-standing partnership with the Border Service of the State Committee for National Security (SCNS) of the Kyrgyz Republic by participating in a high-level event at the newly constructed premises
OSCE Mission to Montenegro's support for youth entrepreneurship
Publishing date: 30 June 2025
On 24 June, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro partnered with the Union of Young Entrepreneurs of Montenegro to host a local networking event that connected aspiring young entrepreneurs with municipality representatives from Podgorica.
Frontline officers deepen expertise in combating illicit trafficking in cultural property at OSCE workshop
Publishing date: 30 June 2025
Frontline officers from Georgia, Germany and Ukraine deepened their expertise in combating cross-border trafficking in cultural property at the ninth in a series of training workshops organized in Vienna by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department in co-operation with the Austrian Ministry of Finance — Customs Service from 23 to 26 June.
OSCE annual meeting reinforces cybersecurity co-operation through cross-functional dialogue
Publishing date: 27 June 2025
The OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department convened the fifth annual meeting of national points of contact (PoC), in line with cyber/ICT security confidence-building measure (CBM) no. 8 on 23 June in Vienna, bringing together 69 policy and technical experts from 41 participating States. This
Supply chain ethics: Promoting human rights and social responsibility on the margins of EU corporate sustainability due diligence directive conference
Publishing date: 27 June 2025
The OSCE and the Greek labour inspectorate joined forces to host a conference focused on human rights due diligence for more than 120 public officials, business and civil society representatives on 25 June 2025, in Athens. The event, hosted by the Office of the OSCE Special Representative and
OSCE expands focus on virtual assets taxation in second workshop in Moldova
Publishing date: 27 June 2025
Building on insights from the first workshop held in May, the OSCE organized a follow-up event on the taxation of virtual assets on 26 and 27 June in Chisinau, Moldova. The workshop brought together eighteen representatives from Moldova’s State Tax Service and the Ministry of Finance to enhance
OSCE workshop in Turkmenistan supports development of national competency framework and training strategy on cybercrime and electronic evidence
Publishing date: 27 June 2025
The OSCE Transnational Threats Department, in co-operation with the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, held a workshop in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan on 26 and 27 June to support the country’s law enforcement and criminal justice institutions in developing a national competency framework and training strategy on