News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Lamberto Zannier launches recommendations on access to justice and national minorities
Publishing date: 14 November 2017
GRAZ, Austria, 14 November 2017 – Access to justice for persons belonging to national minorities from a conflict prevention perspective is the focus of a new set of recommendations for OSCE participating States, which were launched by the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Lamberto Zannier today at the University of Graz, Austria...
Montenegro and OSCE have strong working partnership, says Austria’s Deputy Foreign Minister Linhart
Publishing date: 14 November 2017
PODGORICA, 14 November 2017 – Austria’s Deputy Foreign Minister Michael Linhart, representing the 2017 OSCE Chairmanship, visited Montenegro today, stressing the importance of close co-operation and strategic partnership between the country’s authorities and the OSCE Mission to Montenegro...
Press Statement by Special Representative of OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Sajdik following shelling of the Donetsk Water Filtration Station
Publishing date: 4 November 2017
KYIV, 4 November 2017 - The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Ambassador Martin Sajdik, issued today the following statement...
OSCE Chairmanship welcomes ground-breaking decision to open bridge over Dniester/Nistru River
Publishing date: 3 November 2017
VIENNA/CHISINAU, 3 November 2017 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the Transdniestrian Settlement Process, Ambassador Wolf Dietrich Heim, today welcomed the decision by the sides on opening the Gura Bicului-Bychok bridge in Moldova. The bridge connects both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River and has not been in operation since the 1992 conflict...
Common understanding of rules for responsible state behaviour in cyber space needed, say participants of OSCE Chairmanship conference on cybersecurity
Publishing date: 3 November 2017
VIENNA, 3 November 2017 – A common understanding of the rules for responsible state behaviour in cyberspace are needed in order to promote confidence and trust between states and lower the risk of cyber conflicts, said participants of the Austrian OSCE Chairmanship’s conference on cybersecurity today in Vienna...
Stronger free and pluralistic media and comprehensive security mutually beneficial, Chair of OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting concludes
Publishing date: 3 November 2017
VIENNA, 3 November 2017 – The relationship between the media and security across the OSCE region and how it could be enhanced to the benefit of both the free media and security interests was the focus of the OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting 2017, which concludes in Vienna today.
OSCE supports parliamentary expert group meeting to debate draft media law in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 3 November 2017