News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Minsk Group Co-Chairs issue statement
Publishing date: 28 July 2010
VIENNA, 28 July 2010- The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassador Igor Popov of Russia, Bernard Fassier of France, and Robert Bradtke of the United States, released the following statement today...
OSCE Mission to Serbia says attack on journalist must be investigated
Publishing date: 26 July 2010
BELGRADE, 26 July 2010- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Dimitrios Kypreos, said today a violent attack on the columnist of Vreme weekly Teofil Pancic that occurred on 24 July must be duly investigated...
OSCE Chairperson announces agreement on summit, calls Kyrgyzstan crisis a 'vitality test' for Organization
Publishing date: 17 July 2010
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 17 July 2010- OSCE Foreign Ministers meeting in Almaty today reached consensus on holding a summit in Astana this year and reinforcing OSCE assistance to Kyrgyzstan, said the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan's Secretary of State and Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev.
Joint Statement by the Heads of Delegation of the Minsk Group Co-Chair countries
Publishing date: 16 July 2010
ALMATY, 17 July 2010- The Heads of Delegation of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg, released the following...
OSCE foreign ministers to discuss European security, support for Kyrgyzstan at Almaty informal meeting
Publishing date: 14 July 2010
ASTANA, 14 July 2010- The future of European security, support for Kyrgyzstan, engagement with Afghanistan, and possible topics for an OSCE Summit top the agenda of informal meeting of Foreign Ministers in Almaty on 16-17 July.
OSCE media representative condemns new sentencing of Azerbaijani journalist
Publishing date: 6 July 2010
VIENNA, 6 July 2010- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, condemned an additional jail sentence of 2.5 years handed down today to Eynulla Fatullayev, one of Azerbaijan's most prominent investigative journalists...
OSCE announces winners of tolerance photo contest
Publishing date: 29 June 2010
ASTANA, 29 June 2010- The winners of an OSCE photo contest on tolerance were announced today at an award ceremony on the margins of the OSCE High-level Conference on Tolerance and Non-Discrimination in Astana...