News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairman-in-Office Zbigniew Rau presents Poland’s 2022 priorities to Permanent Council
Publishing date: 13 January 2022
VIENNA, 13 January 2022 – Poland’s Chairmanship of the OSCE in 2022 intends to promote and advance the rational, smart and flexible use of the OSCE’s unique tools and negotiation formats. “We need to reinvigorate the debate about European security. Let us start a process that will help us to uphold the Helsinki principles in full conformity with international law,” OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland Zbigniew Rau said in his address to the Permanent Council in Vienna today.
Hacking sites and blocking content of Portuguese media group is clear violation of freedom of expression, says OSCE Media Freedom Representative
Publishing date: 13 January 2022
VIENNA, 13 January 2022 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Teresa Ribeiro, today expressed concern about the recent hacking and illegal removal of websites belonging to media outlets of Portugal’s leading media group Grupo Impresa.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 7/2022 issued on 13 January 2022
Publishing date: 13 January 2022
Summary In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded 187 ceasefire violations, including 94 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 197 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded 148 ceasefire violations, including 95 explosions, 113 of which were assessed
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 6/2022 issued on 12 January 2022
Publishing date: 12 January 2022
Summary In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded 197 ceasefire violations, including 26 explosions, 173 of which were assessed as a live-fire training exercise outside the security zone. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 133 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission
Statement by the OSCE Chairmanship-in-Office on the situation along the Armenia-Azerbaijan border
Publishing date: 12 January 2022
VIENNA, 12 January 2022 – The Polish OSCE Chairmanship-in-Office expresses deep concern about renewed clashes along the Armenia-Azerbaijan border and that this violence resulted in casualties.
In reaction to the violent clashes in Kazakhstan, OSCE Media Freedom Representative calls for respect for freedom of the media and information
Publishing date: 12 January 2022
VIENNA, 12 January 2022 – Following the recent events in Kazakhstan, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Teresa Ribeiro expressed her concern about the media freedom situation in the country. She calls for safe working conditions for journalists and other media workers under all circumstances, as well as a restoration of internet access in the country.
Statement by the OSCE Mission to BiH on the recent incidents in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 12 January 2022
SARAJEVO, 12 January 2022- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) is alarmed by a recent spate of hate incidents registered in various localities, including Bijeljina-Janja, Prijedor, Brčko, Gacko, Istočno Sarajevo, Ilidža, Foča, Doboj and Bužim. The Mission notes that the growing use of inflammatory, divisive rhetoric by some officials in BiH, including in recent days in Republika Srpska (RS), is contributing to the proliferation of such incidents. The Mission cautions against any and all acts that carry the potential to incite conflict and lead to the destabilization of peace and security in BiH.