News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE encourages the Azerbaijani government to facilitate the registration of the Election Monitoring Centre
Publishing date: 15 May 2008
BAKU, 15 May 2008- The OSCE Office in Baku issued a statement today to express regret over the 14 May decision of Azerbaijan's Khatai District Court to cancel the registration of the Election Monitoring Centre, a local civil society organization...
OSCE Chairman urges de-escalation of situation in Georgia
Publishing date: 30 April 2008
HELSINKI, 30 April 2008- OSCE Chairman Alexander Stubb said today he was seriously concerned over the recent developments in Georgia, and reiterated the Organization's full support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia...
OSCE Special Envoy in Georgia ahead of special Permanent Council meeting on Abkhazia incident
Publishing date: 29 April 2008
TBILISI, 29 April 2008- Heikki Talvitie, the Special Envoy of the OSCE Chairman, said today he had constructive discussions with Georgian authorities on the 20 April airspace incident over Abkhazia and on...
Kosovo municipalities making headway in establishing new executive structures, says OSCE Mission report
Publishing date: 23 April 2008
PRISHTINË/PRISTINA, 23 April 2008- Municipalities have made valuable progress in establishing new executive structures after the November 2007 elections, says a report issued by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo today...
OSCE Chairman expresses concern about recent developments in the Georgian conflict areas
Publishing date: 17 April 2008
HELSINKI, 17 April 2008- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office Alexander Stubb expressed concern today over the Russian Federation's decision to establish official ties with the de facto authorities of Georgia's breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia...
OSCE human rights body co-organizes expert meeting on use of plea agreements in Bosnia and Herzegovina war crimes cases
Publishing date: 15 April 2008
SARAJEVO, 15 April 2008- The use of plea agreements in war crimes cases in Bosnia and Herzegovina was examined today at an expert meeting organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)...
New OSCE Chairman urges solution of region's frozen conflicts, outlines other priorities for rest of year
Publishing date: 10 April 2008
VIENNA, 10 April 2008- The OSCE needs to focus on the issues where it can make a real difference, including solving the region's frozen conflicts, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, told the Permanent Council today...