News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Special Representative on conflicts, in Moldova, discusses Transdniestrian settlement talks’ agenda
Publishing date: 7 February 2013
CHISINAU, 7 February 2013 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for conflicts, Ambassador Andrii Deshchytsia, concluded a two-day visit to Moldova today...
OSCE Chairperson meets Minsk Group Co-Chairs on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement
Publishing date: 5 February 2013
The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara, met the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassadors Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Jacques Faure of France, and Ian Kelly of the United States as well as the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, on 5 February 2013 to discuss the progress towards settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict...
OSCE Chair condemns terrorist attack against U.S. Embassy in Ankara
Publishing date: 1 February 2013
KYIV, 1 February 2013 –The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara strongly condemned today’s terrorist attack against the U.S. Embassy in Ankara...
30th IPRM meeting takes place in Ergneti
Publishing date: 29 January 2013
ERGNETI, 29 January 2013- On 29 January the 30th meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism, co-facilitated by the EU Monitoring Mission and the OSCE took place in Ergneti...
On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, OSCE Chair urges renewed efforts to fight intolerance, stressing importance of youth human rights education
Publishing date: 26 January 2013
KYIV, 27 January 2013 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara, marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day today with a call to honour the victims with renewed efforts to fight intolerance, discrimination and hate crimes...
On anniversary of Elysée Treaty, OSCE Chair stresses the importance of confidence building and promoting reconciliation
Publishing date: 22 January 2013
CHISINAU, 22 January 2013 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara, speaking on today’s 50th anniversary of the Elysée Treaty between Germany and France, underlined its historic importance in reconciliation in Europe and stressed that it should inspire greater efforts in confidence building throughout the OSCE region...
OSCE Chairperson, in Moldova, urges leaders to intensify efforts ahead of Transdniestrian settlement talks
Publishing date: 21 January 2013
CHISINAU, 21 January 2013- The OSCE Chairperson, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara, on an official visit in Chisinau today, urged the Moldovan and Transdniestrian leadership to prepare the ground for progress in the coming months' Transdniestrian settlement talks...