News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
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.
Civilians equally suffer on both sides of the contact line, OSCE SMM Principal Deputy Chief Monitor says
Publishing date: 16 February 2016
People all along the contact line wish the same – for the shooting to stop and peace to come, Principal Deputy Chief of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, Alexander Hug, stated during his visit to eastern Ukraine on 16 February 2016...
OSCE High-Level Military Doctrine Seminar: Transparency and co-operation needed to build trust in the face of challenges eroding European security
Publishing date: 16 February 2016
VIENNA, 16 February 2016 – Improving mutual relations among OSCE participating States and enabling information exchange among military representatives with the aim of building trust and confidence is the focus of the two-day High-Level Military Doctrine Seminar organized by the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC), which opened today in Vienna...
Swiss elections advanced development of Internet voting, additional measures needed to enhance transparency and accountability of process
Publishing date: 16 February 2016
The establishment of independent certification of authorized Internet voting systems and the use of existing open standards are among the recommendations contained in a final report by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on the 18 October 2015 federal assembly elections in Switzerland.
Work of the Panel of Eminent Persons discussed at the 52nd Munich Security Conference
Publishing date: 16 February 2016
The final recommendations of the Panel of Eminent Persons on European Security as a Common Project were discussed on 14 February 2016 on the margins of the 52nd Munich Security Conference, with Panel members joined by over 60 journalists and Conference participants to discuss perspectives for reconsolidating European security...