News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
On anniversary of Elysée Treaty, OSCE Chair stresses the importance of confidence building and promoting reconciliation
Publishing date: 22 January 2013
CHISINAU, 22 January 2013 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara, speaking on today’s 50th anniversary of the Elysée Treaty between Germany and France, underlined its historic importance in reconciliation in Europe and stressed that it should inspire greater efforts in confidence building throughout the OSCE region...
OSCE Mission head condemns repeated desecration of Orthodox graveyards in Kosovo
Publishing date: 21 January 2013
Prishtinë/Priština, 21 January 2013 – The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Jean-Claude Schlumberger, strongly condemned today the desecration of Orthodox graveyards and religious monuments throughout Kosovo...
OSCE Chairperson, in Moldova, urges leaders to intensify efforts ahead of Transdniestrian settlement talks
Publishing date: 21 January 2013
CHISINAU, 21 January 2013- The OSCE Chairperson, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara, on an official visit in Chisinau today, urged the Moldovan and Transdniestrian leadership to prepare the ground for progress in the coming months' Transdniestrian settlement talks...
Acting Head of OSCE Mission to Serbia regrets lack of compromise over controversial monument
Publishing date: 20 January 2013
BELGRADE, 20 January 2013-- The Acting Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Paula Thiede, expressed regret that the negotiations to find a compromise solution to the controversial monument in Preševo was undercut by the government’s removal of the monument this morning...
OSCE Mission to Serbia supports independent institutions
Publishing date: 18 January 2013
BELGRADE, 18 January 2013-- The Acting Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Paula Thiede expressed dismay at the negative public campaign against the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Nevena Petrusic, in some Serbian media outlets...
Protracted conflicts, human trafficking and media freedom amongst Ukraine’s OSCE 2013 priorities
Publishing date: 17 January 2013
VIENNA, 17 January 2013- Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara today announced his country’s priorities for the 2013 OSCE Chairmanship, with the progress on resolution of protracted conflicts, combating trafficking in human beings and promotion of the media freedom amongst key issues...
Perpetrators of attacks against Greek journalists must be brought to justice, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 16 January 2013
VIENNA, 16 January 2013 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today condemned recent fire bomb attacks outside the houses of journalists in Greece, and said she hoped investigations would soon bring the perpetrators to justice...