News and press releases

To bolster Armenia's regulatory framework for Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs),  the OSCE organized a workshop from 25 to 27 June in Yerevan. Having united participants from the Financial Monitoring Center and the General Prosecutor’s Office at the Central Bank of Armenia, the workshop

On 25-26 June 2024, the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe (POiD), in close collaboration with the HELVETAS, supported the 9th Syrdarya Women Basin Forum (Forum) and the 7th Syrdarya Basin Council (Council).

Ambassador Brian Aggeler, Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (Mission), and Duška Jurišić, Deputy Minister of Human Rights and Refugees of Bosnia and Herzegovina, accompanied by representatives of the international community, visited Banja Luka, Prijedor and Kozarac today to learn about challenges facing minorities living in these communities.

The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe (POiD) has successfully completed the "Youth Against Drugs" antidrug awareness campaign in Tajikistan in collaboration with the Drug Control Agency (DCA) under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan. The campaign included sports competitions and award ceremonies held across various regions of Tajikistan from 5 to 26 June 2024.

On 25 June, the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department and the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities held a workshop for state authorities on strengthening multi-stakeholder engagement to effectively prevent youth involvement in criminal and corrupt activities. The workshop in Chisinau was organized in co-operation with Foundation Terre des hommes Moldova.

A strict interpretation of the new regulatory framework suggests that information regarding adjudicated facts and individual criminal responsibility will be substantially limited, with full anonymization of details about defendants and the context of the crime.

An OSCE-organized Medical Training-of-Trainers Course started on 24 June 2024. The course brought together twenty-four border guards who work in remote areas and act as first responders to emergencies and incidents, specializing in rescue operations. The course aims to enhance trainees’ practical