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:
123rd Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism meeting takes place in Ergneti
Publishing date: 14 February 2025
ERGNETI, 14 February 2025 – The 123rd Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) took place in Ergneti today under the co-facilitation of the Head of the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM), Bettina Patricia Boughani, and Christoph Späti, the newly appointed Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the South Caucasus.
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media concludes official visit to Norway
Publishing date: 31 January 2025
OSLO, 31 January 2025- During a two-day visit to Oslo on 30 and 31 January, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Ambassador Jan Braathu, met with high-level representatives of the Norwegian government, state institutions, and journalism and media support organizations.
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.
No election observation mission in Belarus due to lack of invitation, in breach of OSCE commitments
Publishing date: 9 January 2025
WARSAW/COPENHAGEN, 9 January 2025 – The decision of the Belarusian authorities not to invite OSCE participating States to observe the country’s presidential election on 26 January is deeply regrettable and prevents an impartial and independent assessment of the election process, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA) said in a statement today.
OSCE calls for the implementation of immediate and effective preventative measures and protection for victims and survivors of domestic and violence against women
Publishing date: 30 December 2024
Despite increased efforts to combat domestic violence and violence against women, this latest tragedy underscores the urgent and ongoing epidemic of such unimaginable brutality, destroying families and scarring communities across Bosnia and Herzegovina.
OSCE foreign ministers renew commitment to gender equality and women’s leadership on the 20th anniversary of the Gender Action Plan
Publishing date: 5 December 2024
A high-level side-event held on 5 December on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial Council marked 20 years of the OSCE Action Plan for the Promotion of Gender Equality (GAP). Adopted in 2004, the GAP sets a firm political commitment and objectives to advance gender equality across the Organization and in participating States, as an essential prerequisite for peace, security, and sustainable development across the OSCE region.