News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairperson condemns Ankara bomb attack, offers condolences
Publishing date: 21 September 2011
The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Aÿubalis, has condemned Tuesday’s bomb attack in Ankara that killed three people and injured 34 others...
OSCE Chairperson condemns assassination of former Afghan President Rabbani
Publishing date: 20 September 2011
NEW YORK, 20 September 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, today condemned the suicide bomb attack in Kabul that killed Afghanistan’s former President and Head of the High Peace Council Burhanuddin Rabbani, and extended his condolences to the families of all those killed, and to the Afghan people...
OSCE Chairperson, Secretary General meet to discuss preparations for Vilnius Ministerial Council
Publishing date: 20 September 2011
The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, and OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier met in Vilnius on 19 September 2011 to discuss developments in the OSCE area and priorities for the forthcoming Ministerial Council in Vilnius on 6 and 7 December...
OSCE Chairperson calls for calm, restraint in northern Kosovo
Publishing date: 16 September 2011
VILNIUS, 16 September 2011- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, today called for calm and restraint in northern Kosovo, and emphasized the need for constructive approaches...
Winners of 2011 OSCE photo contest on sustainable transport and energy announced
Publishing date: 14 September 2011
Finding environmentally-friendly ways to produce energy, and transport goods and people, is crucial in safeguarding our future. A photo contest organized by the 2011 Lithuanian Chairmanship of the OSCE and the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities in May–July encouraged professional and amateur photographers to demonstrate their visions of the development of sustainable energy and transport—the theme of the 19th OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum held in Prague on 14-16 September 2011...
OSCE hosts meeting of Moldovan and Transdniestrian leaders
Publishing date: 9 September 2011
BAD REICHENHALL, Germany, 9 September 2011 – The Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audrionus Ažubalis, opened a bilateral meeting between the leaders of the sides in the Transdniestrian conflict- Prime Minister Vlad Filat of Moldova and Transdniestrian leader Igor Smirnov – in the German town of Bad Reichenhall today...
OSCE Chairperson welcomes granting of asylum to Belarusian journalist
Publishing date: 9 September 2011
VILNIUS, 9 September 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, today welcomed his country’s granting of asylum to Belarusian journalist Natallya Radzina...