News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE mission in Croatia successfully fulfilled
Publishing date: 15 December 2011
VIENNA, 15 December 2011 – The 56 OSCE participating States welcomed today the success achieved by the OSCE Office in Zagreb in fulfilling its mandate as well as the progress made by the host country, and decided after 15 years of OSCE field presence in Croatia to close its Office in Zagreb by the end of this year...
More focus on confidence-building measures in conflict resolution needed, says OSCE Special Representative at Geneva Discussions
Publishing date: 14 December 2011
GENEVA, 14 December 2011 – Developing synergies through multiple confidence-building measures and reaching out to different communities can help support efforts towards conflict resolution, said Giedrius Čekuolis, the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for Protracted Conflicts, following the 18 round of the Geneva Discussions today...
Lithuanian OSCE Chairmanship concludes discussion series with seminar on security community
Publishing date: 14 December 2011
The concluding seminar in the “V to V Dialogue” series of expert seminars organized by the Lithuanian OSCE Chairmanship began in Kahlenberg, near Vienna, on 14 December 2011...
Vilnius Ministerial Council concludes with decisions to strengthen responses to conflicts and transnational threats, engagement with Afghanistan and other Partner countries
Publishing date: 7 December 2011
VILNIUS, 7 December 2011- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, highlighted the progress achieved at the Vilnius Ministerial Council and urged the 56 OSCE participating States to build on the decisions taken and address the challenges raised at the meeting, which concluded today...
OSCE Chairperson condemns bomb attacks in Afghanistan, offers condolences
Publishing date: 7 December 2011
VILNIUS, 7 December 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, today condemned yesterday’s bomb attacks in Afghanistan in which over 60 people were killed and many injured...
OSCE Ministerial Council opens with call to address transnational threats, protracted conflicts, strengthen engagement with partners
Publishing date: 6 December 2011
VILNIUS, 6 December 2011 – Ensuring security in the OSCE region requires further efforts to tackle transnational threats, prevent and resolve conflicts, and engage meaningfully with partners in the Mediterranean and Asia, foreign ministers of the 56 OSCE participating States heard at the start of the 18th OSCE Ministerial Council in Vilnius today...
Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian security to be discussed by OSCE foreign ministers, media freedom on agenda, says Chairperson
Publishing date: 5 December 2011
VILNIUS, 5 December 2011 – Foreign ministers and high-level representatives of the 56 OSCE participating States will meet in Vilnius tomorrow to discuss progress on pressing security challenges and take decisions to chart the way ahead.