News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre in Ashgabat holds youth training on media and information literacy to effectively prevent and counter violent extremism
Publishing date: 25 September 2025
On 24 and 25 September 2025, the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, with support from the OSCE Secretariat’s Action Against Terrorism Unit, held a training course on media and information literacy in preventing and countering violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism (P/CVERLT) in Ashgabat,
Fifth Media Law School Empowers Future Lawyers to Protect Press Freedom in BiH
Publishing date: 22 September 2025
SARAJEVO, 21 September 2025 – The Law School of the University of Sarajevo, the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the European Union in BiH successfully held the Fifth Media Law School on Safety and Protection of Journalists: From Online Threats to Physical Attacks from 17 to 21 September
National trainers deliver a course on media literacy organized by the OSCE in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 18 September 2025
An OSCE-organized training course on media literacy for representatives of Turkmenistan’s national media and state institutions of the National Human Rights Action Plan for 2021-2025 took place on 16 and 17 September 2025. The training course was delivered by two national trainers who successfully
OSCE Conducts Media Literacy Training for Youth in Urgench
Publishing date: 21 August 2025
A two-day training session titled "Media Literacy Among Youth as an Effective Tool to Counter Radicalization and Terrorism" was held in Urgench on August 19–20. The event was organized by the Centre for Retraining Journalists of Uzbekistan, which is implementing partner of theOSCE
Statement of the OSCE Representative on Media Freedom and OSCE Mission to BiH on the legal proceedings against Nataša Miljanović Zubac
Publishing date: 9 August 2025
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media and the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina express concern over the legal proceedings recently initiated against investigative journalist Nataša Miljanović Zubac.
Journalists develop skills in court reporting during training events in Fergana and Samarkand
Publishing date: 25 July 2025
More than 60 regional journalists, bloggers and court employees enhanced their capacity to report on court and legal proceedings during training courses organized in Fergana and Samarkand cities by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan (PCUz) and the Supreme Court of Uzbekistan. The two-day
International partners improve media skills of youth across Tajikistan
Publishing date: 18 July 2025
From 1 to 18 July, the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe organized the first-ever Summer School of Journalism (School) for 20 aspiring journalism students and young media professionals from across Tajikistan. The three-week intensive training aimed to strengthen their foundational reporting skills and prepare the next generation of journalists for a rapidly evolving media environment.