News and press releases

At 22:49 (EET) on 6 September the security guard of the SMM office located in central Ivano-Frankivsk noted on the CCTV camera that an SMM vehicle (Nissan Patrol) in the parking lot was on fire and called the fire brigade...

BERLIN, 7 September 2016- A two-day high-level conference focusing on the prevention of human trafficking for labour exploitation in supply chains, organized by the OSCE Office of the Special Representative for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings in co-operation with the German OSCE Chairmanship, opened today in Berlin...

ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 7 September 2016 – An OSCE-supported three-day training seminar on anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) for some 60 banking, insurance, security industry and government sector representatives began today in Almaty...

The SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region on 5 September, with five recorded explosions compared to 43 during the previous day...

ASHGABAT, 6 September 2016- Turkmenistan’s Foreign Ministry, with the support of the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, hosted today the fourth meeting of the regional technical working group on confidence-building measures in the framework of the Istanbul Process on Afghanistan...

VIENNA, 6 September 2016 – Representatives of financial intelligence agencies in charge of combating money laundering from 10 countries, as well as experts from international organizations conducted a two-day expert meeting on “Fostering Co-operation in Combating Corruption and Money Laundering” that ended in Vienna today...

ASTANA, 6 September 2016 – An OSCE-supported roundtable dedicated to the strengthening of re-socialization of former prisoners took place today in Astana, bringing together some 40 high-level government officials, international experts, legal scholars and members of civil society...