News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Press Statement of Special Representative of OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Sajdik on conduct of disengagement from the agreed area at Stanytsia Luhanska
Publishing date: 28 June 2019
Press Statement of Special Representative of OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group Sajdik on the conduct of disengagement from the agreed area at Stanytsia Luhanska
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Lajčák receives Minsk Group Co-Chairs, welcomes prisoner exchange
Publishing date: 28 June 2019
BRATISLAVA, 28 June 2019- OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Minister, Miroslav Lajčák, met with Minsk Group Co-Chairs Igor Popov of the Russian Federation and Andrew Schofer of the United States of America, acting also on behalf of Minsk Group Co-Chair Stéphane Visconti of France, and with Personal Representative of the Chairperson-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk.
OSCE leaders call for utmost restraint in Albania
Publishing date: 28 June 2019
BRATISLAVA/COPENHAGEN/VIENNA, 28 June 2019 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Slovakia’s Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajčák, OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger, President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA) George Tsereteli and OSCE PA Secretary General Roberto Montella regret the continuing political tension in Albania and have made the following statement:..
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Special Rep in Ukraine and in Trilateral Contact Group on start of disengagement from agreed area at Stanytsia Luhanska
Publishing date: 26 June 2019
KYIV, 26 June 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:
Participating States can and should make better use of OSCE tools to address common security challenges, say participants at OSCE Annual Security Review Conference
Publishing date: 25 June 2019
VIENNA 24 June 2019 – The OSCE has the framework, the platform and the tools needed to address today’s complex security challenges. What is needed to make effective use of those tools are political will, seeking new opportunities for dialogue and new ways of communicating and negotiating, all keynote speakers agreed at today’s opening session of the Annual Security Review Conference (ASRC).
Dialogue, data and digital security focus of OSCE Central Asian Youth Network seminar in Almaty
Publishing date: 25 June 2019
ALMATY, KAZAKHSTAN, 25 June 2019 – The 13th annual OSCE Central Asian Youth Network (CAYN) seminar began today in Almaty, Kazakhstan...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan supports development of women managers, building their professional managerial and entrepreneurship capacities
Publishing date: 24 June 2019
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan organized a three-week training course from 10 to 29 June 2019 in Tashkent, targeting some 200 junior and mid-level female managers from Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan...