News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro organizes conference to strengthen regional co-operation among youth
Publishing date: 5 April 2019
Strengthening regional and Adriatic-Ionian cross co-operation among youth was the topic of a conference organized by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro with the Ministry of Sport and Youth in Budva, Montenegro on 4 and 5 April 2019...
Essential humanitarian measures should be expedited, says OSCE SMM Chief Monitor at Permanent Council in Vienna
Publishing date: 4 April 2019
VIENNA, 4 April 2019 – Despite the latest recommitment to cease fire, beginning on 8 March, the security situation in eastern Ukraine remains volatile, the Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan, said in his address to the OSCE Permanent Council today in Vienna...
OSCE and partner organizations support progress in Moldovan-Ukrainian co-operation to strengthen sustainable development in the Dniester basin
Publishing date: 4 April 2019
Strengthening sustainable development in the Dniester basin was the focus of the OSCE-supported second meeting of the Transboundary Dniester Commission held on 4 April 2019 in Kyiv, Ukraine...
‘We believe in the story of Helsinki’ – OSCE Chairperson, in Washington D.C., urges Helsinki Commission to work together for safer future
Publishing date: 3 April 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C., 3 April 2019 – Discussing the main priorities of the 2019 Slovak OSCE Chairmanship and current developments across the OSCE at his congressional U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (“Helsinki Commission”) hearing, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Slovakia’s Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajčák called on members of the Helsinki Commission to work together for a more stable and prosperous OSCE area – and one in which every person enjoys security and individual rights.
Press Communiqué of the Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions
Publishing date: 3 April 2019
GENEVA, Switzerland, 3 April 2019- The 47th round of the Geneva International Discussions (GID) took place today.
Humane return policy critical to well-functioning immigration system, say OSCE parliamentarians in Brussels
Publishing date: 3 April 2019
BRUSSELS, 3 April 2019 – The Return Policy of European Union Member States and Belgium’s practices in this area were the focus of a visit by members of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Ad Hoc Committee on Migration to Brussels on Tuesday, led by Chair Nahima Lanjri (Belgium)...
Gender mainstreaming in parliament focus of OSCE-supported workshop in Skopje
Publishing date: 2 April 2019
An OSCE-supported one-day gender assessment workshop focusing on ways to strengthen women’s participation in the parliament took place in Skopje on 2 April 2019.