News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
With high-level OSCE PA participation, St. Petersburg conference explores parliamentary dimension of counter-terrorism
Publishing date: 18 April 2019
ST. PETERSBURG, Russian Federation, 18 April 2019 – The evolving nature of the threat posed by terrorists and violent extremists requires enhancing co-operation at all levels, including between parliamentarians, said Chair of the OSCE PA’s Ad Hoc Committee on Countering Terrorism (CCT) Makis Voridis (Greece) at today’s opening plenary session of the International Conference on Counter-Terrorism in St. Petersburg...
OSCE high-level regional conference on countering terrorist financing and organized crime hosted in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 17 April 2019
ASHGABAT, 17 April 2019 – Some 200 representatives of Central Asian and other OSCE participating States and Partners for Co-operation, as well as experts from international organizations, attended today in Ashgabat an OSCE high-level regional conference on countering terrorist financing and organized crime...
OSCE, UNODC and ICITAP deliver training course on countering terrorist financing in Albania
Publishing date: 12 April 2019
A three-day training course aimed at further strengthening the capacity of Albania to counter terrorist financing was organized from 10 to 12 April 2019, in Tirana...
Benefits of biometric technology in countering terrorism, and responsibly using and sharing data, explored at OSCE-Biometrics Institute Conference
Publishing date: 11 April 2019
VIENNA, 11 April 2019 – The benefits and potential of biometric technology in countering terrorism, and how to responsibly use and share collected biometric data, are being explored at a two-day conference which launched today in Vienna. More than 200 decision-makers, policy-makers, experts in biometrics and private sector representatives from the OSCE participating States and Partners for Co-operation are taking part...
OSCE Mobile Training Team trains Kyrgyz border officers in Bishkek to enhance their capacities to identify foreign terrorist fighters
Publishing date: 4 April 2019
The OSCE Mobile Training Team delivered an interactive training course on the identification of foreign terrorist fighters at the borders for 27 first- and second-line border officers and instructors of Kyrgyzstan’s border institutions from 2 to 4 April 2019 in Bishkek...
OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on Tajikistan’s 2020 National Action Plan on Prevention of Violent Extremism held in Dushanbe
Publishing date: 1 April 2019
The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe held the fourth co-ordination meeting dedicated to the implementation of Tajikistan’s 2020 National Strategy and Action Plan on Prevention of Violent Extremism in Dushanbe on 29 March 2019. It was organized together with Tajikistan’s General Prosecutor’s Office.
OSCE trains Montenegrin airport border and customs officers on risk analysis and management
Publishing date: 26 March 2019
23 border and customs officers from Montenegro’s Podgorica and Tivat airports, the Civil Aviation Agency and the Intelligence Agency of Montenegro attended a national training course on risk analysis and management, from 19 to 21 March 2019 in Podgorica.