News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Challenges and opportunities for freedom of peaceful assembly, including new technologies, focus of OSCE human rights meeting in Vienna
Publishing date: 22 November 2019
VIENNA, 22 November 2019 – How best to ensure the full enjoyment of the freedom of peaceful assembly by people in the OSCE area and beyond, including through participating States’ full implementation of existing OSCE commitments was the focus of the third Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting held under the auspices of Slovakia’s 2019 OSCE Chairmanship. The two-day meeting concluded today in Vienna...
OSCE Chair Lajčák welcomes renewal of disengagement from Petrivske
Publishing date: 13 November 2019
BRATISLAVA, 13 November 2019 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Slovakia’s Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Miroslav Lajčák, welcomed today’s conclusion of the withdrawal of forces and hardware from the Petrivske disengagement area.
OSCE Mission hands over technical assessment report of Gura Bicului-Bychok Bridge to Moldovan Ministry of Economy and Infrastructure
Publishing date: 13 November 2019
The OSCE Mission to Moldova has handed over a report on a full technical assessment of the Gura Bicului-Bychok Bridge, which connects the two banks of the Dniester/Nistru River, to the Moldovan Ministry of Economy and Infrastructure. It was re-opened by Chisinau and Tiraspol on 18 November 2017, after having been closed to vehicles for 25 years, as part of the Transdniestrian settlement process...
Press Statement of Special Representative Sajdik after the regular Meeting of Trilateral Contact Group in Minsk on 12 November 2019
Publishing date: 12 November 2019
MINSK, 12 November 2019 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Ambassador Martin Sajdik, issued the following statement to the press after the meeting of the TCG and its working groups in Minsk on 12 November 2019:
Press Statement of Special Representative Sajdik with regard to the decision of the Trilateral Contact Group on the start of the withdrawal of forces and hardware in Petrivske
Publishing date: 8 November 2019
KYIV, 8 November, 2019 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Ambassador Martin Sajdik, made today the following statement to the press with regard to the decision of the TCG on the start of the withdrawal of forces and hardware in the area of Petrivske:
Press Statement of Special Representative Sajdik with regard to the decision on the start of the withdrawal of forces and hardware in Petrivske
Publishing date: 8 November 2019
KYIV, 8 November 2019 – On behalf of the Trilateral Contact Group, the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the TCG, Ambassador Martin Sajdik, made today the following statement to the press:
Statement of the Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions
Publishing date: 6 November 2019
Bratislava/Vienna, Brussels, Geneva/New York, 6 November 2019- The Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions call for the immediate re-opening of all crossing points on the administrative boundary line (ABL) with South Ossetia. Recent months have seen a serious deterioration of the security situation on the ground, which has raised fears amongst the local population. The engagement in the Ergneti Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) framework by all participants shows the mutual concern and commitment of all to de-escalate, which the Co-Chairs welcome. The Co-Chairs and their organizations remain actively engaged in contributing to a solution to the continuing security challenges in the Chorchana-Tsnelisi area.