News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE-supported project on asset seizure, management and re-use in fight against organized crime and corruption in South-Eastern Europe continues
Publishing date: 4 June 2020
The Balkan Asset Management Interagency Network (BAMIN) Steering Group held an online meeting, supported by the OSCE, on 3 June 2020...
UN Office on Drugs and Crime and OSCE deliver online training course to enhance Turkmenistan’s capacities in countering terrorist financing
Publishing date: 3 June 2020
A three-day online training course aimed at strengthening the capacity of Turkmenistan to counter terrorist financing was organized from 1 to 3 June 2020. Eighteen experts and practitioners from the Financial Monitoring Service under the Ministry of Finance and Economy, the Ministries of Internal Affairs and of National Security, and the Prosecutor’s Office of Turkmenistan participated in the course...
OSCE online training aims to strengthen capacities of youth leaders in North Macedonia to prevent violent extremism
Publishing date: 2 June 2020
Seventeen young men and women from across North Macedonia participated in an online capacity-building training course for youth leaders on preventing violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism (P/CVERLT). The OSCE Mission to Skopje organized the course, held from 19 May to 2 June 2020, with technical support provided by the Action against Terrorism Unit of the OSCE Transnational Threats Department. The course builds on a module delivered in February...
OSCE helps Albania’s anti-trafficking officials develop first simulation training
Publishing date: 29 May 2020
Preparations for the first ever Albanian anti-trafficking simulation-based training started at an online meeting on 29 May 2020. The OSCE Presence in Albania and the Office of the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking presented Albania’s group of experts that will design the specific training for Albania with the methodology of this flagship OSCE approach to capacity-building in this field...
Lessons learned from COVID-19 crisis should help revitalize multilateralism, OSCE Secretary General Greminger tells PA leaders
Publishing date: 29 May 2020
COPENHAGEN, 29 May 2020 – Addressing the leaders of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly in an online forum today, OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger discussed the challenges that COVID-19 is posing to multilateral diplomacy and highlighted how the OSCE has responded with flexibility and resilience in the face of the crisis...
OSCE and adelphi launch a regional consultation on climate change and security in South-Eastern Europe
Publishing date: 27 May 2020
VIENNA, 27 May 2020 – Some 80 participants, representing a wide variety of sectors, and stakeholders from the OSCE participating States in South-Eastern Europe convened today in an online webinar to discuss climate change and security in the region...
OSCE launches online course on preventing and countering violent extremism and terrorism on the Internet
Publishing date: 25 May 2020