News and press releases

VIENNA, 5 July 2007- The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe appointed Ambassador Knut Vollebaek, a former Foreign Minister of Norway, as OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities.

VIENNA, 8 June 2007- On the occasion of the Extraordinary Conference of the States Parties to the CFE Treaty, Anatoly Antonov, Head of the Russian Delegation to the Conference, will answer questions from journalists on Monday.

VIENNA, 8 June 2007- On the occasion of the Extraordinary Conference of the States Parties on the CFE Treaty, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Daniel Fried will answer questions from journalists.

VIENNA, 8 June 2007- The 30 States Parties to the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE Treaty), will begin a meeting on 11 June in Vienna following a request by the Russian Federation that an Extraordinary Conference be held.

VIENNA, 28 February 2007- Two more official OSCE languages- German and Italian- have been added to the Organization's website search page.

VIENNA, 8 November 2005- A number of international organizations including NATO and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), together with a high-level delegation from the US State Department, will join senior OSCE officials tomorrow for a meeting...

MOSCOW, 13 July 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, discussed international terrorism, developments in Central Asia and Moldova and OSCE reform with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow on Wednesday.