News and press releases

DUSHANBE, 24 July 2015 – A four-day training course, supported by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan, on effective public order management during mass events concluded today at the OSCE Office’s premises...

The OSCE Centre in Bishkek handed over the equipment used for the video conference to the Kyrgyz State Border Service. The ceremony was held during the simulation exercise “Bogot-Barrier 2015” conducted in the headquarters of the Kyrgyz border troops in Bishkek on 22 July 2015...

ASHGABAT, 23 July 2015 – Counter-terrorism hostage negotiations tactics were discussed during an OSCE-organized training course that will conclude in Ashgabat today...

ASTANA, 21 July 2015- A two-day training seminar on the risks associated with the use of electronic money and crypto currency in the context of combating money laundering and the financing of terrorism started today in Astana. The event was co-organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Astana and the Committee of Financial Monitoring under the Ministry of Finance of Kazakhstan...

BELGRADE, 20 July 2015 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić, and OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier today condemned the terrorist attack in the Turkish border town of Suruc, offering condolences to the families of those killed and wishing a rapid recovery to the many injured.

SARAJEVO, 14 July 2015-- The non-profit sector is essential to cohesive and democratic societies resilient to terrorism, yet it may be vulnerable to abuses for terrorist financing, warned experts at an OSCE-supported workshop that started today in Sarajevo...

The OSCE Centre in Bishkek signed long-term bilateral agreements on cooperation in the sphere of combating terrorism and arms control with the Kyrgyz Ministry of Defence and the Kyrgyz National Guard on July 10, 2015...