News and press releases

BERLIN, 12 April 2016 – The 10th Annual Meeting of the OSCE Border Security and Management National Focal Points Network, devoted to promoting cross border co-operation and confidence-building to address emerging threats and challenges in the OSCE region, will take place from 12 to 13 April 2016 in Berlin...

DUSHANBE, 2 March 2016 – An OSCE-supported seminar focusing on the use of a technologically advanced passport verification system, the International Civil Aviation Organization’ Public Key Directory (ICAO PKD), concluded today in Dushanbe...

VIENNA, 24 September 2015 – OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier today met refugees and representatives of local aid organizations at the Vienna West railway station (Westbahnhof), where he was briefed by Austria’s Interior Ministry and the Vienna police about their operations...

CHERKASY, 7 September 2015 – An advanced training course for Ukrainian border control officers aimed at increasing their practical abilities to detect forged travel documents started today in Cherkasy...

The examination and detection of people, cargo and vehicles at the border was the focus of a five-day workshop which ended on 12 June 2015 in Ulaanbataar, Mongolia. The workshop was organized by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department’s Border Security and Management Unit at the request of the Ministry of Justice of Mongolia...

MONACO, 2 June 2015 – Importance of international dialogue and co-operation between the OSCE participating States and Mediterranean Partners in tacking emerging transnational threats in the Mediterranean region was the focus of the joint OSCE and Principality of Monaco two-day conference, which concluded today in Monaco...

DUSHANBE, 22 May 2015 – A week-long Regional Seminar on the Convention on International Transport of Goods Under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention, 1975) organized by the OSCE Border Management Staff College and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) concluded today in Dushanbe.