News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
New OSCE-led survey provides much-needed data to combat violence against women and girls, say participants at high-level OSCE conference
Publishing date: 7 May 2019
VIENNA, 7 May 2019 – Participants in a two-day Vienna-based conference entitled Commitment – Data – Action! underlined the importance of comparable data for improving policies and measures to prevent violence against women and girls (VAWG).
Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia and Luxembourg appoint members to the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration
Publishing date: 7 May 2019
Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia and Luxembourg in their capacity as States parties to the Convention on Conciliation and Arbitration within the OSCE (Stockholm Convention), have appointed conciliators, arbitrators and alternates for new mandates of six years to the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration...
Parliamentarians discuss economic drivers of conflict and co-operation at OSCE PA seminar in Leinsweiler, Germany
Publishing date: 6 May 2019
LEINSWEILER, 6 May 2019 – Bringing together parliamentarians, scholars, OSCE officials, business leaders, and representatives of other regional organizations, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s fifth Leinsweiler seminar this weekend explored lessons learned from European history on the power of economics as an instrument of conflict prevention and rehabilitation – or as a source of conflict...
On World Press Freedom Day, OSCE Media Freedom Representative pays respects to murdered journalists during visit to Bratislava
Publishing date: 3 May 2019
BRATISLAVA, 3 May 2019 – On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, visited Bratislava to pay tribute to the investigative journalist, Ján Kuciak, and his fiancée Martina Kušnírová, who were killed in February 2018...
In visit to Belarus, PA President underlines need for democratic reform, parliamentary oversight
Publishing date: 29 April 2019
MINSK, 29 April 2019 – OSCE PA President George Tsereteli (MP, Georgia) met today with Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko to emphasize the importance of close co-operation between Belarus and the PA, discuss efforts to put an end to the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine through the Minsk negotiating process, and address the status of democratic reforms.
OSCE Chairmanship deeply concerned about news regarding granting Russian citizenship to Ukrainians
Publishing date: 25 April 2019
BRATISLAVA, 25 April 2018- It was with deep concern that the Slovak OSCE Chairmanship received the news about the decree signed by the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, on simplifying the procedure of granting Russian citizenship to Ukrainians residing in certain areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine.