News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Statement by the OSCE Troika to mark the start of the fourth year of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine
Publishing date: 24 February 2025
HELSINKI/VALLETTA/BERN, 24 February 2025 – Today, the OSCE Troika – Chairperson-in-Office of the OSCE and Foreign Minister of Finland Elina Valtonen, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Tourism of Malta Ian Borg, and Federal Councillor and Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland Ignazio Cassis – made the following statement:
External pressures on judiciary in Bosnia and Herzegovina are unacceptable
Publishing date: 19 February 2025
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina reiterates the obligation of all elected and appointed authorities at all levels to respect independence and impartiality of the judiciary and reminds that interference in judicial matters, including political threats, are unacceptable and amount to a criminal offence.
Towards Equality between Women and Men
Publishing date: 14 February 2025
With the support of the OSCE Mission to Skopje, the Parliament is making tangible progress toward equality between women and men, introducing new policies, strengthening oversight and advancing structural reforms. On 11 February, the Parliamentary Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men
OSCE calls for greater efforts to counter resurgent anti-Semitism and promote tolerance
Publishing date: 10 February 2025
HELSINKI, 10 February 2025 – Governments, civil society, representatives of Jewish and other faith communities, as well as experts from across the OSCE region meet this week to take stock of current efforts to counter anti-Semitism and other forms of intolerance and find new ways forward to tackle this deep-rooted hatred at the annual Conference on Addressing Anti-Semitism in the OSCE Region, which opened today in Helsinki.
OSCE Mission hands over servers to Central Election Commission to strengthen election management in Kosovo
Publishing date: 5 February 2025
In its continuous efforts to improve digital efficiency, transparency, and integrity of the election management in Kosovo, the OSCE Mission, alongside the German Embassy, handed over three servers to the Central Election Commission (CEC) today. The servers follow last year’s handover of the
Lack of accreditation by Tajikistan less than a month before elections makes continuation of OSCE observation mission impossible
Publishing date: 4 February 2025
WARSAW, 4 February 2025 – The lack of assurance by the authorities of Tajikistan that international observers will be accredited has regrettably made it necessary to cancel the observation of the country’s forthcoming parliamentary elections, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) said today.
An end to hatred is only possible when we understand the horrors of the past, OSCE says on Holocaust Remembrance Day
Publishing date: 27 January 2025
HELSINKI/WARSAW, 27 January 2025 – This year we mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. As the living memory of the Holocaust fades, we have a profound responsibility to commemorate the victims of this atrocity and to understand its ongoing meaning and consequences, the OSCE said on today’s International Holocaust Remembrance Day.