News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Expert meeting focuses on OSCE role in advancing European security dialogue
Publishing date: 8 May 2009
VIENNA, 8 May 2009- The OSCE is the right forum for taking forward discussions on the future of European security, said participants at the start of an expert meeting on a European security dialogue held by the Austrian Foreign Ministry today...
OSCE Special Representative says Organization's Georgia monitors are needed on both sides of administrative boundary line
Publishing date: 30 April 2009
VIENNA, 30 April 2009- OSCE unarmed military monitoring officers in Georgia need to be deployed on both sides of the administrative boundary line, the Chairperson-in-Office's Special Representative, Ambassador Charalampos Christopoulos, said today...
Mediators and Observers meet on Transnistria conflict
Publishing date: 28 April 2009
VIENNA, 28 April 2009- Ambassador Charalampos Christopoulos, Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, released the following statement today on behalf of the Mediators and Observers in the Transnistria settlement process (the "3+2"):..
OSCE Chairperson relieved unarmed monitors freed by South Ossetian authorities, says detention was unacceptable
Publishing date: 21 April 2009
ATHENS, 21 April 2009- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis, welcomed the release of two unarmed OSCE Military Monitoring Officers by South Ossetian authorities but described their detention as wholly unacceptable...
OSCE, UN and EU announce next round of Geneva discussions, to take place 18-19 May
Publishing date: 16 April 2009
GENEVA, 16 April 2009- The three Co-Chairs of the Geneva discussions on Georgia made the following announcement today...
Greek Chairmanship to host informal meeting of OSCE Foreign Ministers in June
Publishing date: 10 April 2009
ATHENS, 10 April 2009- The Greek Chairmanship of the OSCE announced plans today to host an informal meeting of OSCE Foreign Ministers from June 27 to 28 on the Greek island of Corfu...
OSCE deplores blocking of Corjova polling station during Moldova parliamentary elections
Publishing date: 6 April 2009
CHISINAU, 6 April 2009- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office's Special Co-ordinator Petros Efthymiou and the Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, Ambassador Philip Remler, deplored today the closure of the Corjova voting station during yesterday's elections...