News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chair brings Organization’s proposals for support to Ukraine PM Azarov
Publishing date: 24 January 2014
VIENNA / DAVOS, 24 January 2014- OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter and Ukraine Prime Minister Mykola Azarov have today discussed ways the Organization could help to resolve the crisis in Ukraine...
OSCE media freedom representative calls on Georgian authorities to ensure effective work of public broadcaster
Publishing date: 24 January 2014
VIENNA, 24 January 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed disappointment at the inability of the Georgian Parliament to select new board members for the Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB)...
OSCE Chair calls for restraint by all sides in Ukraine
Publishing date: 23 January 2014
BERN / VIENNA, 22 January 2014 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter today expressed his deep concern about the situation in Ukraine, appealing to all parties to refrain from violence and engage in peaceful dialogue as a necessary first step towards resolving the ongoing crisis...
Attacks on journalists must stop, says OSCE media freedom representative, offers to visit Ukraine
Publishing date: 22 January 2014
VIENNA, 22 January 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today called on the Ukrainian authorities to halt the violence against media and thoroughly investigate all incidents involving journalists...
41st IPRM meeting takes place in Ergneti
Publishing date: 21 January 2014
ERGNETI, 21 January 2014 – Today the 41st meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) took place in Ergneti, co-facilitated by Toivo Klaar, the Head of the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM), and Ambassador Angelo Gnaedinger, who participated for the first time in his capacity of Special Representative of the Swiss OSCE Chairmanship...
Achievements and challenges in fighting corruption presented in OSCE-supported report on improving police-civil society relations
Publishing date: 21 January 2014
At an event in Podgorica on 27 December 2013, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro presented the report “Anti-corruption Mechanisms and Accountability of Police Officers in Montenegro”. The report was prepared under a project implemented with the Centre for Democracy and Human Rights, an NGO. It concluded that while much has been achieved through new laws and by creating institutional mechanisms, tangible results in terms of the accountability of police officers are still pending...
OSCE PA President urges calm, supports dialogue after clashes in Ukraine
Publishing date: 20 January 2014
COPENHAGEN, 20 January 2014 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ranko Krivokapic (Montenegro) today urged calm and voiced his support for dialogue in Ukraine after violent clashes in Kyiv on 19 January...