News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE PA President meets with Ukrainian delegation on margins of Winter Meeting
Publishing date: 14 February 2014
VIENNA, 14 February 2014 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ranko Krivokapic met on 13 February with members of Ukraine’s Delegation to the PA, including lawmakers from the Communist Party, Batkivshchyna, Party of Regions and UDAR, on the sidelines of the OSCE PA Winter Meeting. OSCE PA Secretary General Spencer Oliver also participated...
French diplomat appointed OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku
Publishing date: 14 February 2014
BAKU, 14 February 2014 – French diplomat Alexis Chahtahtinsky has been appointed OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku starting from 1 March 2014...
OSCE launches call for nominations: Max van der Stoel Award 2014
Publishing date: 14 February 2014
THE HAGUE, 14 February 2014 – OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Astrid Thors today launched a call for nominations for the Max van der Stoel Award, a 50,000 EUR prize recognizing extraordinary and outstanding achievements in improving the position of national minorities in OSCE participating States…
OSCE Head of Mission condemns latest arson attack against Montenegrin daily Vijesti
Publishing date: 14 February 2014
PODGORICA, 14 February 2014 – The Head of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, Janina Hrebickova, today strongly condemned the arson attack on a vehicle owned by the daily newspaper Vijesti, which was deliberately set on fire in the early hours of Thursday morning...
Participation in elections key to securing citizens’ rights, says Head of OSCE Mission to Serbia
Publishing date: 13 February 2014
BELGRADE, 13 February 2014 – Participation of all citizens of Serbia in the electoral process is key to securing citizens’ rights, said Ambassador Peter Burkhard, Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, in the run-up to the 16 March early parliamentary elections in the country...
OSCE PA human rights committee considers rule of law concerns, political prisoners: civil society representatives from Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Turkey address parliamentarians
Publishing date: 13 February 2014
VIENNA, 13 February 2014 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s General Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions convened at the OSCE PA Winter Meeting today in Vienna to consider rule of law concerns and political prisoners in the OSCE region...
OSCE/ODIHR opens mission to observe early parliamentary elections in Serbia
Publishing date: 13 February 2014
BELGRADE, 13 February 2014 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened a limited election observation mission to monitor the 16 March early parliamentary elections in Serbia...