News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
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
An OSCE-supported expert group discussion on developing national legislation on media took place on 2 November 2017 in Astana.
Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions address the OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 2 November 2017
VIENNA, 2 November 2017 – In their addresses to the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna, the co-chairs of the Geneva International Discussions (GID) expressed satisfaction with the level of engagement by participants in the Discussions. At the same time, they stressed the need to make progress on the issue of the non-use of force and others on the agenda.
Press Statement of the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Martin Sajdik after the Meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group on 27 October 2017
Publishing date: 29 October 2017
MINSK, 27 October 2017 –Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Martin Sajdik, made the following statement to the press after the meeting of the TCG and its Working Groups in Minsk on 27 October 2017:
Turning migration governance challenges into mutually beneficial opportunities is the way forward, say participants at 2017 OSCE Mediterranean conference
Publishing date: 24 October 2017
ROME, 24 October 2017 – Co-operation in migration management is the focus of the annual OSCE Mediterranean Conference taking place on 24 and 25 October in Palermo, Italy...