News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE seminar focuses on fight against corruption in border services in Central Asia and South Caucasus
Publishing date: 13 July 2010
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 13 July 2010- How to best promote integrity in customs and border services in Central Asia and the South Caucasus was the topic of a regional OSCE seminar that concluded today in Almaty, Kazakhstan...
OSCE border college holds seminar on land mines and border security
Publishing date: 13 July 2010
DUSHANBE, 13 July 2010- A four-day seminar on land mines and border security challenges started at the OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe today...
Press release issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
Publishing date: 10 July 2010
VIENNA, 10 July 2010- The following is a press release issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly today. The views expressed in this press release do not necessarily reflect those of the OSCE Chairmanship, nor of all OSCE participating States...
Head of OSCE Mission to BiH pays tribute to victims of the Srebrenica genocide
Publishing date: 9 July 2010
SARAJEVO, 9 July 2010- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ambassador Gary D. Robbins, will attend the 11 July commemoration in Srebrenica, marking the 15th anniversary of the genocide...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek and Kyrgyzstan help Afghanistan fight smuggling
Publishing date: 9 July 2010
BISHKEK, 9 July 2010- A six-week course during which customs officers from Afghanistan will improve their skills to fight smuggling, organized jointly by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the Kyrgyzstan's State Customs Service, started today...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports security of critical energy infrastructure in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 9 July 2010
KARA-KUL, Kyrgyzstan, 9 July 2010- A two-week training course supported by the OSCE Centre for Interior Ministry forces on use of security surveillance systems at the Toktogul hydropower plant in Kyrgyzstan's Jalal-Abad province concludes tomorrow...
Fight against illicit drugs is a way to combat terrorism and organized crime, say participants in OSCE meeting
Publishing date: 8 July 2010
VIENNA, 8 July 2010- Combating illegal drugs and drug trafficking is an essential element of the fight against terrorism and organized crime, said Serik Baymaganbetov, the Interior Minister of Kazakhstan, to the participants of an OSCE...