News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairperson, on tenth anniversary of 9/11 attacks, expresses solidarity with American people, calls for intensified co-operation against transnational threats
Publishing date: 8 September 2011
VILNIUS, 8 September 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, speaking ahead of the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, today expressed solidarity with the people of the United States and called for intensified co-operation among OSCE participating States and Partner countries to counter transnational threats...
15th IPRM meeting takes place in Dvani
Publishing date: 2 September 2011
DVANI, 2 September 2011- The 15th meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) took place in Dvani today. The meeting was co-facilitated by the European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM) and the OSCE...
OSCE Chairperson condemns attacks in Grozny
Publishing date: 31 August 2011
VILNIUS, 31 August 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, today condemned the suicide bomb attack in Grozny, the capital of the southern Russian republic of Chechnya...
OSCE Chairperson urges respect for fair trial standards in Tymoshenko case
Publishing date: 8 August 2011
VILNIUS, 8 August 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, today expressed concern over the decision of a Kyiv court to detain former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko, in a telephone conversation with the Foreign Minister of Ukraine, Kostyantyn Gryshchenko...
OSCE Chairperson condemns continued action by Belarus against civil society
Publishing date: 5 August 2011
VILNIUS, 5 August 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, today expressed deep concern over the continued worsening of the human rights situation in Belarus, citing the arrest of Aliaksandr (Ales) Bialiatski, President of the Belarus Human Rights Centre ‘Viasna’ on 4 August 2011 and the search of the NGO’s premises, as the latest example of persecution...
On first joint visit, OSCE Special Representatives meet President of Kyrgyzstan, discussed prevention of human trafficking and violence against women
Publishing date: 30 July 2011
BISHKEK, 30 July 2011 – On a joint visit to Kyrgyzstan, the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, and the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Gender Issues, Wendy Patten, stressed today the importance of continuing co-operation with the authorities of Kyrgyzstan to better prevent and fight against trafficking in human beings and all forms of gender-based violence...
14th IPRM Meeting takes place in Dvani
Publishing date: 28 July 2011
DVANI, 28 July 2011- The 14th IPRM meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism took place today in Dvani. The meeting was co-facilitated by the European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM) and the OSCE. This was the first meeting attended by the new Head of the EUMM, Ambassador Andrzej Tyszkiewicz...