News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Educators’ role central in helping youth to challenge violent extremism, OSCE event concludes
Publishing date: 17 February 2016
SARAJEVO, 17 February 2016- The education sector can play a crucial role in preventing young people from succumbing to ‘pull factors’ leading to violent extremism and terrorism, participants said at an OSCE-sponsored event dedicated to countering violent extremism and radicalization through education, which concluded today...
OSCE-UNDP train-the-trainer course introduces officials from Afghan and Tajik national border training centres to modern instructional methods
Publishing date: 17 February 2016
DUSHANBE, 17 February 2016 – Eleven border officials from national training institutions of Afghanistan and Tajikistan completed a week-long train-the-trainer course today at the OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe, focusing on modern instructional methods...
OSCE/ODIHR opens observation mission for early parliamentary elections in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 17 February 2016
ASTANA, 17 February 2016 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today formally opened an election observation mission (EOM) for the 20 March early parliamentary elections in Kazakhstan. The mission’s deployment follows an invitation from the authorities of Kazakhstan...
OSCE and Spain organize table-top simulation on protecting critical energy infrastructure from targeted cyber attacks
Publishing date: 17 February 2016
MADRID, 17 February 2016 — Strengthening protection and preparedness against cyber-attacks aimed at industrial control systems is the focus of a two-day table-top simulation starting today in Madrid and organized by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department with the support of Spain’s Interior Ministry...
Crisis of migrants and refugees tops agenda for 2016 OSCE PA Winter Meeting
Publishing date: 17 February 2016
COPENHAGEN, 17 February 2016 – The crisis of migrants and refugees in the OSCE area and efforts to strengthen the collective response will be the focus of debate and presentations at the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Winter Meeting, held at the Hofburg Congress Centre in Vienna on 25-26 February...
OSCE Secretary General attends 52nd Munich Security Conference
Publishing date: 17 February 2016
OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier attended the 52nd Munich Security Conference from 12 to 14 February 2016, where, on the margins of the event, he held a number of bilateral meetings with high-level state officials and heads of international institutions...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and OSCE Secretary General pay tribute to former UN Chief Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Publishing date: 16 February 2016
Berlin/Vienna, 16 February 2016 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier today expressed deep sadness as news of former United Nations Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali's passing was announced.