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Statement regarding the interview of OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger published in Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung on 24 December 2018
Publishing date: 26 December 2018
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
Following the publication, on 24 December 2018, of the interview conducted by the German newspaper Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung with OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger...
Strengthening OSCE-EU co-operation discussed at first annual high-level meeting held in Brussels
Publishing date: 13 December 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
Improving institutional interaction and furthering co-operation between the OSCE and the EU in areas of common interest across all three OSCE security dimensions – politico-military, economic and environmental and human – was the focus of the first-ever EU–OSCE annual high-level meeting, held on 12 December in Brussels.
OSCE receives recommendations from Parallel Civil Society Conference ahead of Ministerial Council in Milan
Publishing date: 5 December 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretary General
Milan, 5 December 2018 – On the eve of the 25th OSCE Ministerial Council, top-level OSCE representatives attended the closing session of the OSCE Parallel Civil Society Conference that took place today. They received recommendations directed at the OSCE’s executive and political bodies, institutions and participating States.
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Moavero Milanesi and Secretary General Greminger call for restraint, dialogue to de-escalate tensions in area of Azov Sea
Publishing date: 27 November 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA/ROME, 27 November 2018- OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Enzo Moavero Milanesi and Secretary General Thomas Greminger today called for restraint and dialogue to de-escalate the already tense situation in the Azov Sea and the Kerch Strait.
We’ll continue to support students who want changes that lead to a better future, say Jajce school students, winners of 2018 Max van der Stoel Award
Publishing date: 9 November 2018
Content type: Press release
THE HAGUE, 9 November 2018 – “We will continue to support not only the students of Jajce, but also any other student who wants changes that will lead to a better future,” said Azra Keljalić, a student and President of the Student Council of Jajce Vocational School, as she accepted the 2018 Max van der Stoel Award on behalf of high school students from Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina, at a ceremony in The Hague today...
Andorra’s Foreign Minister Maria Ubach Font and OSCE Secretary General Greminger meet in Vienna
Publishing date: 31 October 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
Andorra’s priorities within international organizations, its foreign policy and engagement with the OSCE were the focus of a meeting between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Andorra, Maria Ubach Font, and Secretary General Thomas Greminger on 29 October 2018 in Vienna.
Regional engagement focus of League of Arab States and OSCE discussion in Vienna
Publishing date: 17 October 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
VIENNA, 17 October 2018 – Security threats, migration, conflict prevention and regional engagement were the focus of the League of Arab States- OSCE high-level workshop held today in Vienna...