News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Moldova welcomes start of “licence plate” agreement implementation by the Sides
Publishing date: 1 September 2018
CHISINAU/TIRASPOL, 1 September 2018 – Two Vehicle Registration Offices were opened in the left-bank cities of Tiraspol and Ribnita today by the Chief Negotiators in the Transdniestrian Settlement Process, from Moldova and Transdniestria, respectively. This event marks the beginning of the implementation of the so-called “licence plate” agreement signed by the Sides on 24 April 2018 to establish a mechanism for allowing for access of vehicles from Transdniestria to international road traffic...
OSCE remains an essential forum for dialogue, building trust and co-operation, says Italy’s Foreign Minister Moavero Milanesi to Permanent Council
Publishing date: 30 August 2018
VIENNA, 30 August 2018 – In his first address to the OSCE Permanent Council since his appointment as Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation on 1 June 2018, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Enzo Moavero Milanesi reaffirmed the strong commitment of his Government to enhance the organization’s role as a forum for political dialogue.
Press Statement of Special Representative of OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Sajdik after Meeting of Trilateral Contact Group on 22 August 2018
Publishing date: 23 August 2018
MINSK, 22 August 2018 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Ambassador Martin Sajdik, made the following statement to the press after the meeting of the TCG and its Working Groups in Minsk on 22 August 2018:
Statement by Italian OSCE Chair’s Special Representative for South Caucasus on 10th anniversary of ceasefire in 2008 war in Georgia
Publishing date: 12 August 2018
VIENNA, 12 August 2018 – Special Representative of the Italian Chairperson-in-Office for the South Caucasus, Ambassador Günther Bächler, today made the following statement on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the ceasefire in the 2008 war in Georgia...
Press Statement of Special Representative of OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Sajdik after Meeting of Trilateral Contact Group on 25 July 2018
Publishing date: 25 July 2018
MINSK, 25 July 2018 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Ambassador Martin Sajdik, made the following statement to the press after the meeting of the TCG and its Working Groups in Minsk on 25 July 2018:
Press Statement of Special Representative of OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Sajdik after Meeting of Trilateral Contact Group on 25 July 2018
Publishing date: 25 July 2018
MINSK, 25 July 2018 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Ambassador Martin Sajdik, made the following statement to the press after the meeting of the TCG and its Working Groups in Minsk on 25 July 2018:
Slovakia’s OSCE Chairmanship to work towards boosting multilateralism and conflict prevention, State Secretary Lukáš Parízek tells Permanent Council
Publishing date: 19 July 2018
VIENNA, 19 July 2018 – Slovakia’s OSCE Chairmanship next year will pursue strategies that boost multilateralism, promote conflict prevention and focus on addressing the needs of people, said the country’s Foreign and European Affairs State Secretary Lukáš Parízek in Vienna today, as he addressed the Permanent Council on the incoming Chairmanship’s priority areas...