News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE, US, EU call for constructive action ahead of anniversary of violent protests in Tirana
Publishing date: 18 January 2012
TIRANA, 18 January 2012 – Ahead of the first anniversary of violent demonstrations in Tirana on 21 January, the Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth, the US Ambassador in Tirana Alexander A. Arvizu and the Head of Delegation of the European Union in Tirana Ambassador Ettore Sequi issued the following statement today:
Irish Deputy Prime Minister presents 2012 OSCE Chairmanship priorities
Publishing date: 12 January 2012
VIENNA, 12 January 2012 – Today the Irish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Eamon Gilmore addressed the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna for the first time in his role as OSCE Chairperson-in-Office. Deputy Prime Minister Gilmore emphasised the need for the OSCE’s co-operative, inclusive approach in tackling modern security challenges...
OSCE Chairperson welcomes exchange of detainees by Tbilisi and Tshkinvali
Publishing date: 30 December 2011
VILNIUS, 30 December 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, welcomed the exchange of detainees by the authorities in Tbilisi and Tskhinvali today...
OSCE Chairperson concerned over deadly clashes in Kazakhstan, appeals for calm
Publishing date: 16 December 2011
VILNIUS, 16 December 2011 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis expressed his concern at the violent clashes in the western Kazakhstan town of Zhanaozen today in which at least 10 people died and others, including several police officers, were injured, and appealed for calm...
OSCE Presence in Albania enables Roma children to attend school
Publishing date: 15 December 2011
The OSCE Presence in Albania ensured that 160 Roma children in the town of Fushe-Kruja in central Albania are able to continue their education this school year, by covering the rent, as the school is in private premises, and donated 170 books and three computers...
OSCE media freedom representative calls for urgent measures to improve media freedom situation in Turkey
Publishing date: 15 December 2011
ANKARA, 15 December 2011- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, discussed today with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu media freedom situation in the country, in particular imprisonment of journalists and Internet restrictions...
OSCE Special Representative presents annual report, agenda for preventing trafficking for labour exploitation
Publishing date: 15 December 2011
Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, called on states to tackle the structural factors that increase the vulnerability of people to trafficking such as discrimination, violence, and lack of education and job opportunities, in her annual report to the Permanent Council on 15 December 2011...