News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairperson Lajčák wraps up trip to South-Eastern Europe with visit to Mission in Kosovo, one of the OSCE’s largest field missions
Publishing date: 21 June 2019
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 21 June 2019 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Slovakia’s Foreign and European Affairs Minister, Miroslav Lajčák, concluded today his trip to the three OSCE field operations in South-Eastern Europe with a visit to the OSCE Mission in Kosovo.
Gender perspective in legislative drafting focus of OSCE seminar with parliamentarians
Publishing date: 21 June 2019
Ensuring a gender perspective in legislative drafting was the topic of an OSCE-supported two-day seminar, organized with the support of the parliamentary Gender Equality Committee for the expert service of the parliament of Montenegro, as well as for parliamentarians on 20 and 21 June in Podgorica.
OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on media self-regulation in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 21 June 2019
The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe organized a roundtable discussion on 10 years of media self-regulation in Tajikistan, its opportunities and challenges on 21 June 2019 in Dushanbe. The event brought together 70 participants, including representatives of the parliament of Tajikistan, chief editors and journalists, as well as international organizations working in the field of media development.
Tolerance, inclusion, interfaith and intercultural understanding key to preventing and countering violent extremism, say Mongolia conference speakers
Publishing date: 21 June 2019
ULAANBAATAR, 21 June 2019 – Efforts that promote tolerance, inclusion, inter-faith and inter-cultural understanding must be critical components of any strategy to prevent and counter violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism (P/CVERLT), said speakers at the opening of a high-level inter-regional conference in Ulaanbaatar yesterday.
OSCE Chairperson Lajčák urges BiH political leaders to re-engage in dialogue and intensify efforts to advance the reform agenda
Publishing date: 21 June 2019
SARAJEVO, 21 June 2019 – Concluding his two-day visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Slovakia’s Foreign and European Affairs Minister, Miroslav Lajčák, stressed the need to explore all avenues to get the country back on track, including through adopting key reforms...
Press Statement of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs
Publishing date: 20 June 2019
The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Stéphane Visconti of France and Andrew Schofer of the United States of America) hosted consultations between Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov and Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan on 20 June in Washington. The Co-Chairs met separately and then jointly with the Ministers. They also briefed Acting U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Philip Reeker on the situation on the ground and the status of settlement talks. Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk also took part in these meetings.
