News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Experts and policymakers from Moldova and Ukraine strengthen co-operation in cyber/ICT security at OSCE workshop
Publishing date: 20 October 2025
Cybersecurity experts and policymakers from Moldova and Ukraine worked to strengthen co-operation and implementation of cyber/ICT security confidence-building measures at a workshop organized by the OSCE in Chisinau on 16 and 17 October. The aim was to enhance national preparedness, bolster crisis management and co-ordination mechanisms, as well as promote regional co-operation on cybersecurity.
OSCE side event at Warsaw Human Dimension Conference highlights urgent need to prevent femicide
Publishing date: 15 October 2025
Preventing femicide- the gender-related killing of women and girls- was the central focus of a side event hosted by the OSCE Secretariat’s Gender Issues Programme under the WIN Project, and co-sponsored by the OSCE Delegations of Malta, Belgium and Croatia, during the Warsaw Human Dimension Conference on 14 October.
New report on migration trends across the OSCE region
Publishing date: 14 October 2025
The Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA) has published a new report, "Migration Trends across the OSCE, 2015–2025", offering timely, data-driven insights into migration trends and dynamics across the region. Amid increasingly complex patterns of
OSCE Enhances Regional Border Security in South-Eastern Europe with Training-of-Trainers for Forensic Document Experts in Tirana
Publishing date: 9 October 2025
Thirteen forensic document experts from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and North Macedonia strengthened their technical expertise and training skills at a training-of-trainers course organized by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department, in close co-operation with the OSCE Presence in Albania, Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Mission to Skopje from 06 to 10 October in Tirana, Albania.
OSCE webinar highlights critical role of women in organized crime and the importance of gender-responsive border security
Publishing date: 8 October 2025
The OSCE Transnational Threats Department (TNTD) organized a webinar for representatives from border security and law enforcement agencies from the OSCE area, addressing a critical but often overlooked aspect of organized crime: the roles that women play within criminal networks. Drawing on
Navigating new energy security realities amidst geopolitical uncertainties in focus at 8th Vienna Energy Security Dialogue
Publishing date: 8 October 2025
Over 250 energy experts and leaders from government, academia, private sector, civil society and international organizations discussed how to strengthen energy security in the face of geopolitical uncertainties, policy shifts, and evolving global challenges at the 2025 Vienna Energy Security Dialogue held under the theme, “Energy Security in an Era of Uncertainty: Navigating New Realities”, on 22 September 2025 in Vienna.
OSCE study tour fosters dialogue on water co-operation, bringing together professionals from Europe, Central Asia and South Caucasus
Publishing date: 7 October 2025
To foster transboundary water co-operation, the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities held a study tour in Geneva, Switzerland and Koblenz, Germany from 29 September to 4 October. It brought members of the Women in Water Management Network together with young water and environmental experts from Central Asia and the South Caucasus.