News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE supports workshop on energy diplomacy in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 27 March 2013
ASHAGABAT, 27 March, 2013 – Some thirty key experts and officials of Turkmenistan’s oil, gas, energy, economic and financial sectors and academia attended an OSCE-supported workshop on energy diplomacy that concluded in Ashgabat today...
OSCE discusses harmonizing migration data in Russia and Central Asia
Publishing date: 25 March 2013
MOSCOW, 25 March 2013 – An OSCE-led seminar on improving the collection, usage and exchange of comparable data on migration in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Russian Federation and Tajikistan started today in Moscow...
OSCE Centre in Astana facilitates dialogue on freedom of religion or belief
Publishing date: 19 March 2013
ASTANA, 19 March 2013- State officials, parliamentarians, religious leaders, scholars and non-governmental organization representatives discussed how to foster interfaith dialogue at a conference organized in Astana today by the Agency for Religious Affairs, and Foreign Ministry of Kazakhstan with the OSCE Centre’s support...
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister in his address to OSCE outlines Russia’s priorities
Publishing date: 14 March 2013
VIENNA, 14 March 2013 – Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexey Meshkov in his address to the OSCE Permanent Council today outlined key priorities of Russia in the Organization in creating a system of “equal and indivisible security”...
Press Release by the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group
Publishing date: 4 March 2013
PARIS, 4 March 2013- The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Jacques Faure of France, and Ian Kelly of the United States of America) met on March 2 with the Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan, Elmar Mammadyarov, and on March 3 with the Foreign Minister of Armenia, Edward Nalbandian. The Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, also participated in the meetings.
OSCE/ODIHR final report says US elections competitive and professional, recommends steps to further improve process
Publishing date: 13 February 2013
The general elections in the United States on 6 November 2012 took place in a competitive environment and were administered professionally but further steps should be taken to bring the electoral process closer in line with OSCE commitments, concludes the final report by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)...
Press Release by the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group and the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 28 January 2013
PARIS, 28 January 2013- On January 28, 2013, the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Jacques Faure of France, and Ian Kelly of the United States of America) met jointly with the Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan, Elmar Mammadyarov, and the Foreign Minister of Armenia, Edward Nalbandian. Also participating in the meeting was the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk.