News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairmanship committed to finding durable solution for question of financial contributions
Publishing date: 31 May 2019
VIENNA, 31 May 2019 – The Informal Working Group on Scales of Contribution under the leadership of Lukáš Parízek, Slovak State Secretary and Special Representative for the Slovak OSCE Chairmanship, today discussed new opportunities to finding a durable solution to the question of OSCE scales of contribution...
Press Statement by the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group
Publishing date: 30 May 2019
YEREVAN / BAKU, 30 May 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), together with the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Andrzej Kasprzyk, visited the region from 27 to 30 May...
Chairperson-in-Office Lajčák, Secretary General Greminger lead OSCE farewell ceremony for Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine Chief Monitor Apakan
Publishing date: 30 May 2019
VIENNA, 30 May 2019 – The OSCE bid farewell to the Chief Monitor of the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), Ambassador Ertuğrul Apakan, at a meeting of the Permanent Council in Vienna today with addresses by OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Slovakia’s Minister for Foreign and European Affairs Miroslav Lajčák and OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger...
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly to observe Kazakhstan’s early presidential election
Publishing date: 29 May 2019
COPENHAGEN, 29 May 2019 – Some 50 OSCE parliamentarians from 23 countries will deploy to Kazakhstan for the 9 June early presidential election...
OSCE Bratislava forum calls for stronger inter-institutional co-operation on sustainable energy, new technologies and connectivity in digital era
Publishing date: 27 May 2019
BRATISLAVA, 27 May 2019 – Sustainable energy is indispensable for growth, prosperity and security in the OSCE region. Participants of the 2nd Preparatory Meeting of the OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum (EEF) today in Bratislava called for stronger inter-institutional co-operation and an inclusive dialogue among all relevant stakeholders, focused on economic progress and security. They stressed that energy co-operation, good governance and connectivity in the digital era are key prerequisites for a successful energy transition...
Criminal justice practitioners explore how to effectively counter cybercrime and cyber-enabled crime at OSCE conference in Vienna
Publishing date: 27 May 2019
More than 140 criminal justice practitioners and representatives of the OSCE participating States, OSCE Partners for Co-operation and international organizations explored how to effectively counter cybercrime and cyber-enabled crime at a conference in Vienna on 24 May organized by the Strategic Police Matters Unit of the OSCE Secretariat’s Transnational Threats Department, in co-operation with the 2019 Slovak OSCE Chairmanship and the Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior...
OSCE Presence in Albania brings young people from Western Balkans together in third edition of Youth Trail
Publishing date: 24 May 2019