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Press statement of Special Representative of OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Sajdik after meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group

Publishing date: 16 February 2017
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
MINSK, 16 February 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 15 February 2017:...

Protecting critical infrastructure from cyber attacks is crucial for international peace and security, say participants of OSCE conference in Vienna

Publishing date: 16 February 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Cyber/ICT Security
VIENNA, 16 February 2017- Effectively protecting critical infrastructure from cyber threats must be a priority for international efforts to enhance cyber stability between States and therefore prevent tension and even conflicts, said participants of a conference in Vienna on Wednesday, opened by OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz...

OSCE Chairperson-in-Office visits Belgrade, reiterates OSCE support in fight against organized crime exploiting migration crisis

Publishing date: 13 February 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Economic activities, Migration, Rule of law
BELGRADE, 13 February 2017 –OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz reiterated today in Belgrade the organization’s support to Serbia in building strong, independent, accountable and effective democratic institutions...

OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Sebastian Kurz attends roundtable discussion on youth role in countering violent extremism in Skopje

Publishing date: 13 February 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Countering terrorism, Youth
SKOPJE, 13 February 2017- OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Austria’s Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz, Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki, Head of the OSCE Mission to Skopje Ambassador Nina Suomalainen and the Mission’s informal Youth Advisory Group exchanged views on youth perspectives in countering radicalization and violent extremism in a roundtable discussion hosted yesterday in Skopje...

Press Statement of Special Representative of OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Martin Sajdik

Publishing date: 7 February 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
KYIV, 7 February 2017- I welcome that as of today, fighting in the area of Avdiivka – Yasinuvata has significantly decreased.

Transdniestrian Settlement Process a priority for Austrian Chairmanship in 2017

Publishing date: 6 February 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz, visited Moldova from 3 to 4 February 2017...

OSCE Chairperson-in-Office discusses OSCE engagement and international mediation efforts in Georgia, meets IPRM participants in Ergneti

Publishing date: 3 February 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
TBILISI/ERGNETI, 3 February 2017 – In Tbilisi, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz met with Georgia’s President Giorgi Margvelashvili, Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili and Foreign Minister Mikheil Janelidze, as well as with representatives of the Parliament and civil society.