News and press releases

Effective responses based on the rule of law in countering terrorism were the focus of a two-day seminar organized in Skopje by the OSCE in co-operation with the National Academy for Judges and Public Prosecutors on 24-25 June 2015...

MONACO, 2 June 2015 – Importance of international dialogue and co-operation between the OSCE participating States and Mediterranean Partners in tacking emerging transnational threats in the Mediterranean region was the focus of the joint OSCE and Principality of Monaco two-day conference, which concluded today in Monaco...

ASHGABAT, 29 May 2015 – National Risk Assessment (NRA) system for countering money-laundering and financing of terrorism was the focus of an OSCE-organized case study exercise that concluded in Ashgabat today...

BELGRADE, 28 May 2015- Criminal justice experts and representatives from international organizations gathered in Belgrade today for the two-day OSCE Annual Police Experts Meeting, to discuss new trends related to links between organized crime, irregular migration and trafficking in human beings.

DUSHANBE, 27 May 2015 – A high-level conference aimed at consolidating international anti-drug efforts was held today in Dushanbe. The gathering was organized by the State Drug Control Agency with the support of the OSCE Office in Tajikistan and other stakeholders...

VIENNA, 22 May 2015 – More than three hundred participants representing OSCE participating States, religious communities, civil society, the media and the academic community held an open debate about the root causes of extremism and radicalization that lead to violence and about possible measures and actions to prevent and counter these processes.

A two-day seminar focusing on the use of a technologically advanced passport verification system, the International Civil Aviation Organization’ Public Key Directory (ICAO PKD), concluded in Ashgabat on 20 May 2015...