News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
“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.
Press statement of Special Representative of OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Sajdik after the meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group on 20 December 2017
Publishing date: 20 December 2017
MINSK, 20 December 2017 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Ambassador Martin Sajdik, made the following statement to the press after the meeting of the TCG and its Working Groups in Minsk on 20 December 2017:
The 83rd IPRM meeting takes place in Ergneti
Publishing date: 19 December 2017
ERGNETI, 19 December 2017- On 19 December 2017, the 83rd meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) was held in Ergneti. The meeting took place in an open and constructive atmosphere.
European Union committed to strengthening co-operation with OSCE, EU Commissioner for Enlargement Hahn tells Permanent Council
Publishing date: 18 December 2017
VIENNA, 18 December 2017- The European Union and the OSCE are close partners not simply because they face the same challenges, but because of their shared interest in ensuring stability and prosperity in Europe, the EU’s Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn told a special session of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna today.