News and press releases

Vienna/Tirana, 1 January 2020 – “Taking over the OSCE Chair is a truly historic moment for Albania: from a country under a cruel communist regime that opposed the Helsinki spirit, we have become one honored to lead this organization. Chairing the OSCE marks the highlight of our significant transformation,” said Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Edi Rama today as he assumed the post of Chairperson-in-Office of the regional security organization.

KYIV, 29 December 2019 – Тhe Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Ambassador Martin Sajdik, made today the following statement:

Bratislava, 29 December 2019- OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Slovak Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajčák welcomed today’s the release and exchange of conflict-related detainees in eastern Ukraine.

KYIV, 23 December 2019 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group, Ambassador Martin Sajdik, made the following statement to the press after a meeting of the TCG in form of a videoconference on 23 December 2019:...

On the occasion of the International Migrants Day, the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, on 18 December 2019 in Vienna, organized an event to discuss ways to maximize the impact of innovation, education and mobility on the development of human capital in the 21st century...

As the end of Slovakia’s year as OSCE Chair for 2019 is approaching and impressions are slowly beginning to settle, I would like to share some observations I made being at the helm of the organization in 2019...

The State Election Commission is better equipped to plan and analyse its work was the conclusion of a two-day lessons learned workshop organized by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro for the Commission in Podgorica on 17 and 18 December 2019.