News and press releases

Official negotiations on the Transdniestrian settlement began in Dublin on 28 February 2012. The two-day meeting brings together representatives of the sides, mediators and observers in the negotiations- Moldova, Transdniestria, the OSCE, the Russian Federation, Ukraine, the US and the EU...

A study on adaptation to climate change in European Union countries and how these experiences could be implemented in Ukraine was discussed by experts and central government policy makers in Kyiv on 28 February 2012...

COPENHAGEN, 28 February 2012 – President Petros Efthymiou has announced that the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly will observe the Russian presidential elections on 4 March...

VIENNA, 27 February 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, called today for the block on news site Fergana.ru in Kyrgyzstan to be lifted and urged the authorities to ensure that the Internet remains free...

Improving efficiency, accountability and transparency in the field of energy was the focus of the sixth meeting of the Vienna Energy Club, hosted by the OSCE on 27 January 2012...

KOY-TASH, Kyrgyzstan, 27 February 2012- Strengthening the capacity of the Kyrgyz Defence Ministry and sharing best practices in securing conventional ammunitions depots and stockpile management will be the focus of a three-week OSCE-supported training course that started today in Koy-Tash village in the north of Kyrgyzstan...

Some 100 Serbian Interior Ministry police officers took part in an OSCE-supported e-learning professional development course on communication skills from 16 January to 18 February 2012 in Belgrade. This was the first time the Ministry staff received training online...