News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Transdniestrian Settlement Process moves forward as another milestone agreement signed by the Sides
Publishing date: 24 April 2018
CHISINAU, 24 April 2018 – An agreement on the mechanism for the participation of vehicles from Transdniestria in international road traffic was signed by the Chief Negotiators from Chisinau and Tiraspol today...
Press Statement of Special Representative of OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Sajdik after Meeting of Trilateral Contact Group on 18 April 2018
Publishing date: 18 April 2018
MINSK, 18 April 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 18 April 2018:
OSCE Special Representative Sajdik and Chief Monitor Apakan call for restraint and full adherence to ceasefire amid upsurge in violence
Publishing date: 12 April 2018
KYIV, 12 April 2018 – A recent upsurge in violence in eastern Ukraine threatens the lives and wellbeing of the civilian population and further undermines the ceasefire upon which their security and safety depend, said the OSCE Chairperson’s Special Representative to the Trilateral Contact Group, Martin Sajdik, and the Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM), Ertugrul Apakan, today...
Press Statement of Special Representative of OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Sajdik after Meeting of Trilateral Contact Group on 4 April 2018
Publishing date: 5 April 2018
MINSK, 5 April 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 4 April 2018:...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Secretary General concerned about tensions in Kosovo
Publishing date: 28 March 2018
ROME, VIENNA, 28 March 2018 –– In light of the 26 March events in northern Kosovo and subsequent developments, the OSCE Chairmanship-in-Office and the OSCE Secretary General call on all sides to refrain from provocations and re-engage in constructive dialogue.
Press Communiqué of the Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions
Publishing date: 28 March 2018
GENEVA, Switzerland, 28 March 2018- The 43rd round of the Geneva International Discussions has just concluded...
OSCE Special Representative confident progress in Transdniestrian Settlement Process will continue
Publishing date: 28 March 2018
CHISINAU, 28 March 2018 – Franco Frattini completed his first visit to Moldova today in his capacity as the Special Representative of the Italian OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the Transdniestrian Settlement Process. Meeting with high-level Moldovan officials and the leadership in Tiraspol, Frattini discussed ways to advance the settlement process within the parameters of the agreed end state endorsed by all 57 OSCE participating States, including the Republic of Moldova...