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OSCE training in Ukraine focuses on detecting forged travel documents
Publishing date: 7 September 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management, Countering terrorism
CHERKASY, 7 September 2015 – An advanced training course for Ukrainian border control officers aimed at increasing their practical abilities to detect forged travel documents started today in Cherkasy...
OSCE PA President condemns attacks in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 5 September 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Countering terrorism
COPENHAGEN, 5 September 2015 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) today issued the following statement on the 4 September gun attacks in and around Dushanbe, Tajikistan...
Radicalization of youth and countering violent extremism in focus of OSCE Chairmanship conference of Youth Ambassadors in Belgrade
Publishing date: 4 September 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Countering terrorism, Youth, Tolerance and non-discrimination
BELGRADE, 4 September 2015 – Best ways to tackle the radicalization of youth were the focus of a two-day conference hosted by Serbia’s OSCE Chairmanship, which concluded in Belgrade today and gathered representatives of Youth Ambassadors, OSCE structures and NGO sector.
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports workshop for Eurasian Group on combating money laundering and financing of terrorism
Publishing date: 22 August 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Economic activities, Countering terrorism
ISSYK-KUL, Kyrgyzstan, 22 August 2015 – A five-day workshop on harmonizing evaluation procedures of assessors from Eurasian Group (EAG) member states on combating money laundering and the financing of terrorism completed today in Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan. The workshop was organized by the State Financial Intelligence Unit under the Government of Kyrgyzstan and EAG in co-operation with the OSCE Centre in Bishkek...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Dačić condemns spate of recent terrorist attacks, urges redoubling of efforts to address factors conducive to terrorism
Publishing date: 21 August 2015
NEW YORK, 21 August 2015- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić, today condemned the recent spate of terrorist attacks in Turkey, Egypt, Thailand and Tunisia, offering his deepest condolences to the victims, their families and governments affected, and called for a redoubling of efforts to address the conditions that lead to terrorism...
OSCE supports regional workshop on addressing foreign terrorist fighters phenomenon
Publishing date: 20 August 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 20 August 2015 – A two-day Regional Workshop on the Preventive Obligations and Criminalization of Offences regarding Foreign Terrorist Fighters prescribed by United Nations Security Council Resolution 2178 (2014) began today in Almaty, Kazakhstan...
OSCE trains law enforcement officers in Kazakhstan on using dogs to detect explosives
Publishing date: 10 August 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Countering terrorism, Policing
A three-week advanced course on the use of detection dogs began on 10 August 2015 in Almaty. It aims to help enhance the capacity of Kazakhstan’s law enforcement bodies by improving their ability and knowledge in the effective use of dogs to ensure security and stability in the country...