News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE organizes national table-top simulation in Albania on protecting critical energy infrastructure from terrorist cyber-attacks
Publishing date: 26 April 2017
Strengthening protection and preparedness against terrorist attacks aimed at industrial control systems is the focus of a table-top simulation in Tirana on 26 and 27 April 2017 organized by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department with the support of the OSCE Presence in Albania...
Human rights-based approach key to effectively countering phenomenon of foreign terrorist fighters, experts underline at ODIHR meeting
Publishing date: 26 April 2017
The human rights-compliant implementation of legislation and policies to counter the foreign terrorist fighter phenomenon were the focus of an expert meeting organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) from 25 to 26 April in Warsaw. The event brought together
Latest from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30, 25 April 2017
Publishing date: 26 April 2017
The SMM resumed patrolling in eastern Ukraine, with some restrictions, following the more limited patrolling conducted on 24 April after the serious security incident that involved an SMM patrol on 23 April near Pryshyb, which affected its observations, including of ceasefire violations. Violations of the ceasefire continued. In Donetsk region the SMM observed about 600 ceasefire violations, including about 110 explosions. In Luhansk region the SMM observed one shot of small-arms fire assessed as inside the Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area....
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 25 April 2017
Publishing date: 26 April 2017
Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). The overall number of border crossings by persons increased at both BCPs...
Afghan border troops complete OSCE-supported search and rescue training course in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 26 April 2017
Eighteen Afghan border police officers completed a two-week training course on search and rescue on 26 April 2017. The course was organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports young journalists’ endeavours for impartial coverage of security issues
Publishing date: 26 April 2017
An OSCE-supported three-day training course aimed at enhancing journalists’ skills in covering security issues concluded on 23 April 2017 in the village of Bulan-Sogutuu, in the Issyk-Kul province of Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE field staff and civil society representatives share trial monitoring experiences at Skopje meeting
Publishing date: 26 April 2017
Legal professionals from seven OSCE field operations and representatives of 29 NGOs from the OSCE region exchanged experiences in trial monitoring at a meeting co-organized by ODIHR and the OSCE Mission to Skopje from 24 to 26 April 2017 in Skopje.