News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE trains border guards on travel document security and identification in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 19 May 2017
A five-day OSCE-supported training seminar for 30 border guards on the detection of forged travel documents and identification techniques concluded in Astana on 19 May 2017...
OSCE Office in Tajikistan holds workshop on role of youth in the prevention of terrorism
Publishing date: 19 May 2017
A three-day interactive workshop on the role of youth in positive messaging against Violent Extremism and Radicalisation Leading to Terrorism (VERLT) concluded on 19 May 2017 at the OSCE Office in Tajikistan...
OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation debates need to reinforce efforts to prevent uncontrolled spread of small arms and light weapons
Publishing date: 18 May 2017
The mobilization of the international community is vital for combating the uncontrolled proliferation of illicit small arms and light weapons (SALW), said speakers in the session of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation on 17 May 2017 in Vienna...
Meeting Foreign Minister of Tunisia, OSCE Secretary General confirms strong OSCE Mediterranean Partnership
Publishing date: 18 May 2017
The fruitful relationship the OSCE and Tunisia have developed in the context of the OSCE’s Mediterranean Partnership and the challenges Tunisia is facing in its current efforts to consolidate its democracy in an unsettled international environment were discussed during a meeting between OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier and Foreign Minister of Tunisia Khemaies Jhinaoui in Vienna on 17 May 2017.
Male Kosovo police officers to become gender equality advocates, conclude participants in OSCE discussion
Publishing date: 18 May 2017
A two-day roundtable discussion organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo on the role of male senior police officers in promoting gender equality concluded on 17 May 2017 in Prevallë/Prevalac, Prizren municipality...
OSCE concludes green technology workshops for women entrepreneurs in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 18 May 2017
The last in a series of three OSCE-supported training seminars for women entrepreneurs to promote the use of green technologies took place on 18 May 2017 in Kostanai, Kazakhstan...
Workshop organized by OSCE Mission to Moldova strengthens co-ordination of anti-trafficking activities
Publishing date: 18 May 2017
The OSCE Mission to Moldova held a two-day practical workshop aimed at enhancing the co-ordination of the country’s anti-trafficking activities at the national and local levels on 11 and 12 May 2017. The event, held in Alba Iulia, Romania, brought together 15 representatives of state institutions, civil society and international organizations, and was organized in co-operation with Moldova’s National Committee for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings...