News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Albanian trainers trained in countering terrorist financing by OSCE and UN Office on Drugs and Crime
Publishing date: 3 September 2019
A two-day train-the-trainer course on countering terrorist financing for participants from Albania was held on 2 and 3 September 2019 at the OSCE Secretariat in Vienna...
Workshop on combating illicit cross-border trafficking in cultural property in the region of the OSCE Asian partners held in Mongolia
Publishing date: 2 September 2019
A five-day awareness raising workshop on combating illicit cross-border trafficking in cultural property concluded on 30 August 2019 in Ulaanbaatar. More than 40 participants from the OSCE Asian Partners for Co-operation Mongolia, Japan, South Korea and Thailand took part in the event. They represented police, border and customs services, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Sports as well as other entities such as anti-corruption agencies and academia.
OSCE and UNODC deliver training course in Kyrgyzstan on analytical techniques and using financial intelligence to effectively counter terrorist financing
Publishing date: 2 September 2019
A five-day training course aimed at strengthening the capacity of Kyrgyzstan to counter terrorist financing concluded in Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan on 31 August 2019. It was organized by the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department, in co-operation with the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)...
OSCE Media Freedom Representative strongly condemns shooting of journalist in Turkey, calls for thorough investigation
Publishing date: 31 August 2019
VIENNA, 31 August 2019 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, strongly condemned today the shooting of the journalist, Levent Uysal, in Balıkesir, Turkey.
OSCE Centre in Ashgabat trains customs and transport police officers in aviation security procedures
Publishing date: 30 August 2019
An OSCE-organized training course in the interpretation of x-ray images for 20 customs and transport police officers working at aviation checkpoints took place in Ashgabat from 19 to 30 August 2019...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator and Ukraine’s National Agency of Civil Service sign memorandum to integrate dialogue into government officials’ organizational culture
Publishing date: 29 August 2019
Henrik Villadsen, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) and Kostiantyn Vashchenko, the Head of the National Agency of Civil Service of Ukraine, signed a memorandum of understanding to promote wider use of conflict management approaches in public service. The signing ceremony took place on 29 August 2019 at a ceremony in Kyiv
Regional youth training programme co-developed by OSCE Mission to Montenegro and RYCO
Publishing date: 29 August 2019
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro supported the Regional Youth Co-operation Office (RYCO) in developing a regional training programme from 26 to 28 August 2019 in Podgorica.