News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
First official 5+2 talks after renewal lay ground for further progress on Transdniestrian settlement, says OSCE Chairperson
Publishing date: 1 December 2011
VILNIUS, 1 December 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, said that the renewed official 5+2 negotiations on the Transdniestrian settlement, which concluded in Vilnius today, laid solid ground for the future work on promoting the conflict resolution...
OSCE Special Representative on Gender Issues encourages states to combat gender-based violence
Publishing date: 1 December 2011
Wendy Patten, the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Gender Issues, in her report to the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna on 1 December 2011 stressed a need for effective implementation of legislation to combat domestic and other gender-based violence...
OSCE Chairperson welcomes participants of renewed official 5+2 talks on Transdniestrian settlement in Vilnius
Publishing date: 30 November 2011
The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, welcomed the participants of the renewed official 5+2 negotiations on the Transdniestrian settlement which started in Vilnius on 30 November 2011...
OSCE Chairperson says attacks on international peacekeepers are unacceptable
Publishing date: 29 November 2011
VILNIUS, 29 November 2011- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, today condemned attacks on KFOR soldiers in northern Kosovo...
OSCE Chairperson expresses dismay over conviction of Belarusian rights defender, calls for immediate release
Publishing date: 24 November 2011
VILNIUS, 24 November 2011- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, today expressed profound dismay over the conviction of prominent Belarusian human rights defender Aliaksandr (Ales) Bialiatski...
Untapped potential for increasing security co-operation, says OSCE Chairperson to NATO North Atlantic Council
Publishing date: 23 November 2011
BRUSSELS, 23 November 2011 – NATO and the OSCE have complementary roles to play in promoting security in the Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian region as well as in Asia and the Mediterranean, said the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, in an address to NATO’s North Atlantic Council in Brussels today...
17th IPRM meeting takes place in Dvani
Publishing date: 22 November 2011
DVANI, 22 November 2011- On 22 November, the 17th IPRM meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism took place in Dvani. The meeting was co-facilitated by the EUMM and the OSCE...