News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Eurasian security challenges discussed at OSCE Centre-supported conference in Almaty
Publishing date: 3 October 2013
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 3 October 2013 – More than 70 government officials, academics, diplomats and representatives of international and non-governmental organizations discussed how OSCE can contribute to the implementation of the concept of the Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian security community at a conference in Almaty today...
Ways for improvement of practical co-operation between state institutions, civil society theme of OSCE-supported conference
Publishing date: 27 September 2013
More than 100 experts, non-governmental activists and governmental officials gathered to exchange views on how to improve practical participation of civil society in governance, at an OSCE-supported international conference in village of Guta near Ivano-Frankivsk in western Ukraine, on 27 September 2013...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office welcomes results of meeting between leaders of Chisinau and Tiraspol
Publishing date: 24 September 2013
NEW YORK, 24 September 2013 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Ukraine Leonid Kozhara welcomed today the extension of the protocol decision on resumption of a full-scale freight railway service through Transdniestria. The relevant agreement was signed at the meeting of the Moldovan Prime Minister Iurie Leancă and the Transdniestrian leader Yevgeniy Shevchuk in Tiraspol on 23 September...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator helps Ukrainian police tackle gender-based violence
Publishing date: 20 September 2013
KYIV, 20 September 2013 – Chiefs of precinct police from all the regions of Ukraine exchanged information on how they address gender-based violence and what can be done to better co-ordinate efforts with social service providers at an OSCE-supported roundtable event that concluded today in Kyiv...
OSCE-supported conference focuses on trans-boundary conservation and sustainable development in Dniester River basin
Publishing date: 20 September 2013
CHISINAU, 20 September 2013 – An OSCE-supported international conference on the environmental state of the Dniestr/Nistru River started today in Chisinau...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office welcomes resumption of direct dialogue between leadership of Chisinau and Tiraspol
Publishing date: 19 September 2013
KYIV, 19 September 2013 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Leonid Kozhara welcomes the agreement reached on a meeting of the Moldovan Prime Minister Iurie Leancă and Transdniestrian leader Yevgeniy Shevchuk, scheduled for 23 September in Tiraspol...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office strongly condemns deadly attack on EULEX personnel in Kosovo, calls to bring perpetrators to justice
Publishing date: 19 September 2013
KYIV, 19 September 2013 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara, strongly condemned today the attack on a EULEX convoy, which led to the death of one EULEX staff member in Zvečan/Zveçan Municipality in northern Kosovo...