News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
News Release by the Minsk Group Co-Chairs
Publishing date: 20 February 2015
YEREVAN, 20 February 2015 – The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, James Warlick of the United States of America, and Pierre Andrieu of France) traveled to the region on February 16-19. They were joined by the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk...
Ukraine faces critical moment, says OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Dačić
Publishing date: 19 February 2015
VIENNA, 19 February 2015- OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić today met his Special Representative in Ukraine Ambassador Heidi Tagliavini, OSCE Chief Monitor in Ukraine Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan and OSCE Chief Observer at the Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk Paul Picard, who informed the Chair about their activities and the challenges they face in their work...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office calls for full implementation of the Minsk Package of Measures
Publishing date: 18 February 2015
BELGRADE, 18 February 2015- OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia, Ivica Dačić, welcomed the adoption of the UNSCR 2202 and reiterated the need for full and unconditional compliance by all signatories of the Minsk Document with the comprehensive ceasefire agreed in Minsk on 12 February...
OSCE Chairperson Dačić pledges support for reforms as he visits Mission to Skopje
Publishing date: 18 February 2015
SKOPJE, 18 February 2015- OSCE Chairperson in Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić today pledged support in building democracy and promoting reforms as he visited the OSCE Mission to Skopje, accompanied by High Commissioner on National Minorities Astrid Thors...
OSCE Chairperson Dačić commends Government’s reform agenda as he visits Mission to Montenegro
Publishing date: 17 February 2015
Collections: 2015 OSCE Chairperson-in-Office visits the Western Balkans, Posete zapadnom Balkanu predsedavajućeg OEBS-u u 2015. godini
PODGORICA, 17 February 2015 – OSCE Chairperson in Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić today conveyed his full support for the Government’s reforms and commended progress achieved towards the country’s strategic objective of Euro-Atlantic integration, urging it to make the most of OSCE support in key areas such as rule of law, justice and combating corruption and organized crime...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office urges all sides to refrain from actions that might endanger ceasefire in eastern Ukraine
Publishing date: 16 February 2015
Collections: Serbian OSCE Chairmanship’s work in resolving the crisis in and around Ukraine, Kompilacija svih vesti i novosti o naporima predsedavanja Srbije ka rešavanju situacije u Ukrajini
BELGRADE, 16 February 2015 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbia's Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić today strongly urged all sides to refrain from any action that might endanger the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, which came into effect on 15 February 2015...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office strongly condemns Copenhagen attacks, calls for stepped-up efforts to protect tolerance and democracy
Publishing date: 16 February 2015
BELGRADE, 16 February 2015- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbia's Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić, on Sunday strongly condemned the attacks on participants of the event “Art, freedom of speech and blasphemy” and on a synagogue in Copenhagen, that resulted in a death of two civilians and injury of five policemen, and offered his condolences to the families of the victims.