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LONDON/VIENNA, 13 November 2025 – Today, the OSCE began supporting the United Kingdom Government and London Metropolitan Police in a significant national operation to secure and catalogue just under 200 cultural artefacts.

On 12 and 13 November, representatives of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan came together in Tashkent, Uzbekistan for the Central Asian Regional Workshop on Requesting Electronic Evidence Across Borders, organized by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department in co-operation with the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan.

Over the past year, the OSCE, in partnership with Switzerland and local partners, has brought together hundreds of young professionals from across Central Asia to co-create solutions for the region’s interconnected Water-Energy-Food (WEF) challenges. Through the “Drops of the Future” workshop

“Sexual and gender-based violence, including conflict-related sexual violence, is not a byproduct of war — it is recognized as a deliberate tactic of warfare,” said Vesa Häkkinen, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Finland to the OSCE during OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC) side

Bishkek, 12 November 2025- The fourth Interagency Canine Competition of the Kyrgyz Republic concluded in Bishkek on 12 November, with support from the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek. Held from 10 to 12 November, the competition brought together canine specialists and their service dogs from the

The 65th round of the Geneva International Discussions (GID) took place on 11-12 November 2025 in the UN Palais des Nations in accordance with the six-point agreement of 12 August 2008 and implementing measures of 8 September 2008.

What do a police officer, a prosecutor, a judge and a defence lawyer have in common? They all have a duty to protect human rights. But how is this done in practice: during investigations, when questioning suspects or taking testimony from witnesses? These were the questions addressed by