News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Media Freedom Representative and OSCE Head of Mission to Serbia dismayed by acquittals in Ćuruvija murder case
Publishing date: 2 February 2024
VIENNA/BELGRADE, 2 February 2024 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Teresa Ribeiro, and the Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Jan Braathu, expressed their dismay over today’s verdict of the Belgrade Appellate Court. In this verdict, all defendants were acquitted, leaving the 1999 murder of Serbian journalist Slavko Ćuruvija unresolved. This latest verdict significantly deviates from the two previous first-instance court decisions, which had resulted in extensive prison sentences for the defendants.
Lost in the smog
Publishing date: 26 January 2024
Op-Ed by Ambassador Brian Aggeler, Head of the OSCE Mission to BiH on the air pollution in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Malta begins its OSCE Chairpersonship with a vision for strengthening resilience and enhancing security
Publishing date: 25 January 2024
VIENNA, 25 January 2024 – The OSCE Chair-in-Office, Minister for Foreign and European Affairs and Trade of Malta Ian Borg, presented the country’s vision for its 2024 Chairpersonship at the inaugural session of the OSCE Permanent Council today.
Nearly 30 years following the end of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, war victims remain neglected
Publishing date: 18 January 2024
A joint op-ed by Bojana Urumova, Head of Council of Europe Office in Sarajevo; Johann Sattler, Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brian Aggeler, Head of the OSCE Mission to BiH, and Ingrid Macdonald, United Nations Resident Coordinator in Bosnia and Herzegovina
OSCE Mission to Montenegro assists the Supreme State Prosecutor’s Office in its communication to the public and publishes research measuring trust in Prosecution
Publishing date: 18 January 2024
Half of the respondents report that they are informed about the work of the State Prosecutor’s Office, while in 2022 less than a quarter reported the same. 41 per cent of respondents believe that the State Prosecutor’s Office is accessible and open to the public, which represents an increase of 11%
OSCE Mission to BiH reaction to hate- and bias-motivated incidents
Publishing date: 10 January 2024
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (Mission) condemns all actions and speech driven by bias or hatred and notes with growing concern the recent surge of such incidents in certain locations in Republika Srpska in conjunction with Serbian Orthodox Christmas and the unconstitutional Day of Republika Srpska, as well as in the Federation of BiH.
OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina statement ahead of 9 January
Publishing date: 4 January 2024
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (Mission) emphasizes that the official sponsorship and support by the government of Republika Srpska of the celebration of the so-called “Day of Republika Srpska” on 9 January not only constitutes an act of discrimination. The 26 November 2015 ruling of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina determine this is clearly unconstitutional, as it directly contravenes the constitutions of both Bosnia and Herzegovina and of Republika Srpska itself.