News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs issue statement
Publishing date: 22 January 2010
ASTANA, 22 January 2010- The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs issued the following statement today: "On January 20, the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs...
OSCE supports Moldovan policy on freedom of movement
Publishing date: 23 December 2009
CHISINAU, 23 December 2009- The OSCE supports all actions by all parties to overcome obstacles to freedom of movement, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office's Special Representative and the Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova said in a joint statement today...
Athens Ministerial Council begins with call for unity on European security dialogue
Publishing date: 2 December 2009
ATHENS, 1 December 2009- The dialogue on European security can be meaningful only if it is tied to concrete progress, the foreign ministers of the 56 OSCE participating States heard at the start of the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council in Athens today...
OSCE Minsk Group issues statement
Publishing date: 1 December 2009
ATHENS, 1 December 2009- The Heads of Delegation of the OSCE Minsk Group, Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergei Lavrov, Foreign Minister of France Bernard Kouchner, and Deputy Secretary of State of the United States James Steinberg...
OSCE foreign ministers take forward European security dialogue in Athens
Publishing date: 30 November 2009
ATHENS, 30 November 2009- Foreign ministers and high level representatives of the OSCE 56 participating States will meet to discuss the future of European security at the OSCE Ministerial Council which starts in Athens tomorrow...
Head of OSCE human rights office expresses concern about outcome of Swiss minaret ban referendum
Publishing date: 30 November 2009
ATHENS, 30 November 2009- The director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Janez Lenarcic, expressed concern today at the outcome of the referendum held in Switzerland on Sunday on the ban...
OSCE Mission organizes study visit to Germany for Serbian media experts
Publishing date: 27 November 2009
BELGRADE, 27 November 2009- The Serbian Deputy Culture Minister and six other media experts will return to Serbia tomorrow after a six-day study visit to Germany where they learned about Germany's mechanisms and practices for media self-regulation...