News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chair-in-Office Alfano and Secretary General Greminger shocked at murder of Oliver Ivanovic, call for swift investigation
Publishing date: 16 January 2018
ROME / VIENNA, 16 January 2018 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Italy’s Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano and OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger expressed today their outrage at the murder of Kosovo Serb politician Oliver Ivanović and offered their heartfelt condolences to his family and friends...
Crisis in and around Ukraine, protracted conflicts, Mediterranean security, migration among Italy’s OSCE priorities, Chairperson-in-Office Alfano tells Permanent Council
Publishing date: 11 January 2018
VIENNA, 11 January 2018 – Addressing the crisis in and around Ukraine, the protracted conflicts, the security of the Mediterranean region, and the challenges of migration, including by combating human trafficking and all forms of xenophobia and discrimination, are among Italy’s OSCE Chairmanship priorities, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Italy’s Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano told the Permanent Council in Vienna today...
Statement by Special Representative of OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Martin Sajdik, on ceasefire in eastern Ukraine
Publishing date: 8 January 2018
KYIV, 8 January 2018- The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group, Ambassador Martin Sajdik, issued today the following statement:...
“Dialogue, Ownership, Responsibility” main motto of the Italian 2018 OSCE Chairmanship, says Italy’s Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano
Publishing date: 31 December 2017
Rome, 1 January 2018 – Strengthening multilateralism as an instrument to relaunch the 'spirit of Helsinki' and to further promote peace, security, stability and co-operation will be Italy’s key priority for its 2018 OSCE Chairmanship, said today the Italian Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano as he took up the post of Chairperson-in-Office of the regional security organization.
OSCE Chair-in-Office Kneissl and Secretary General Greminger welcome exchange of detainees in eastern Ukraine, call for full adherence to ceasefire
Publishing date: 27 December 2017
Vienna, 27 December 2017- OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Austria’s Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl and OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger welcomed the news of today’s large-scale exchange of prisoners and detainees in eastern Ukraine and urged the sides to build on this momentum in order to achieve further progress in reaching a peaceful resolution of the crisis in and around Ukraine.
Statement by Special Representative of OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Martin Sajdik, on upcoming exchange of detainees between Ukraine and certain areas of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts (ORDLO)
Publishing date: 26 December 2017
KYIV, 26 December 2017- The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group, Ambassador Martin Sajdik, issued today the following statement:...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Austria’s Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl addresses Permanent Council
Publishing date: 21 December 2017
VIENNA, 21 December 2017 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Austria’s Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl addressed ambassadors and representatives of the OSCE’s participating States and Partners for Co-operation at the Permanent Council in Vienna today.