News and press releases

GENEVA, Switzerland, 14 October 2016 – OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier and Director General and Chief Executive Alexandre de Juniac of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Geneva today to intensify co-operation and support international efforts for enhancing aviation security and preventing the travel of foreign terrorist fighters...

STRASBOURG, France, 14 October 2016 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, in an address on Thursday to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council in Europe in Strasbourg, underlined the important role that the Council of Europe plays in addressing many of the serious security challenges in Europe, thus highlighting the strong potential for dialogue and co-operation between the OSCE and the Council of Europe...

BISHKEK, 14 October 2016 – A delegation of Kyrgyzstan’s Ministry of Interior consisting of Witness Protection Department officers and members of the working group on creating the State Witness Protection Programme (2017-2020) completed its five-day OSCE-supported study visit to Turkey today...

The SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region compared with the previous reporting period, with most concentrated in areas north-east and east of Mariupol and in the Avdiivka-Yasynuvata area...

KYIV, 14 October 2016 – Ending a four-day visit to Kyiv, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today welcomed the commitment by the authorities, the media community and civil society to strengthen media freedom in Ukraine. She also called on the authorities to intensify their efforts to end impunity for crimes committed against journalists...

DUSHANBE, 14 October 2016 – The application of specific psychological rehabilitation techniques for survivors of domestic violence was the focus of a four-day training course that concluded today in Dushanbe. The course for 18 psychologists from the OSCE-supported Women’s Resource Centres was organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan...

Preventing and countering violent extremism in Albania was the focus of an OSCE-organized conference for some 100 representatives of religious communities, local and central government agencies, civil society and students held on 12 October 2016 in Elbasan, Albania...