News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Databases and IT structures supporting intelligence-led policing focus of OSCE regional workshop held in Skopje
Publishing date: 8 November 2019
An OSCE regional training workshop dedicated to criminal intelligence databases and IT structures supporting intelligence-led policing (ILP) took place on 7 and 8 November 2019 in Skopje.
OSCE concludes training seminars on document security in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 8 November 2019
The third stage of an OSCE-supported train-the-trainer course on detecting forged travel documents and identification techniques for 20 border service officers concluded in Almaty, Kazakhstan on 8 November 2019.
Press Statement of Special Representative Sajdik with regard to the decision on the start of the withdrawal of forces and hardware in Petrivske
Publishing date: 8 November 2019
KYIV, 8 November 2019 – On behalf of the Trilateral Contact Group, the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the TCG, Ambassador Martin Sajdik, made today the following statement to the press:
OSCE-supported fourth Aarhus Centre in Kyrgyzstan opens in Naryn
Publishing date: 8 November 2019
The fourth Aarhus Centre in Kyrgyzstan officially opened on 5 November 2019 in Naryn. The new Centre is part of the co-operation between the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek and the University of Central Asia.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 264/2019 issued on 7 November 2019
Publishing date: 7 November 2019
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in both Donetsk region and Luhansk regions. The Mission observed demining activities inside the Zolote disengagement area. Inside the Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area, the Mission continued to
INTERPOL delivers OSCE-supported workshop on fight against illicit trafficking of cultural property in Montenegro
Publishing date: 7 November 2019
INTERPOL’s Works of Art Unit delivered the second awareness-raising and basic training course on its systems on 6 and 7 November 2019 in Podgorica.
OSCE Media Freedom Representative condemns targeting of six journalists in Spain, calls for calm and safe environment ahead of elections
Publishing date: 7 November 2019
MOSCOW, 7 November 2019 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, condemned today the targeting of six journalists in Spain.