News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Presidential election presents opportunity for Azerbaijan, OSCE Special Envoy says
Publishing date: 30 July 2008
BAKU, 30 July 2008- Ambassador Heikki Talvitie, the Special Envoy of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, today welcomed the Azerbaijani authorities' stated determination to create conditions for the upcoming presidential election...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office condemns terrorist attack in Istanbul
Publishing date: 28 July 2008
HELSINKI, 28 July 2008- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, today condemned Sunday's bomb attacks in Istanbul...
OSCE Chairman welcomes arrest of war crimes indictee Radovan Karadzic
Publishing date: 22 July 2008
BRUSSELS, 22 July 2008- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, welcomed today the arrest of Bosnian Serb wartime political leader Radovan Karadzic as an important step for justice and regional reconciliation...
OSCE Special Envoy to hold talks with leaders in Moldova as part of Transdniestrian settlement
Publishing date: 21 July 2008
HELSINKI, 21 July 2008- The Special Envoy of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Ambassador Heikki Talvitie, is in Moldova today to hold talks with President Vladimir Voronin. A meeting with Transdniestrian leader Igor Smirnov has been requested...
OSCE Chairmanship holds seminar on elections
Publishing date: 21 July 2008
VIENNA, 21 July 2008- Representatives of OSCE participating States gathered at a seminar in Vienna today to discuss the Organization's role in assisting the development of electoral processes, including through election observation...
More action is needed to end discrimination against Europe's Roma, states are told at OSCE meeting
Publishing date: 10 July 2008
VIENNA, 10 July 2008- An OSCE meeting on improving the integration of Roma and Sinti opened today in Vienna with calls to participating States to step up their efforts to end widespread discrimination.
OSCE Ambassadors call for dialogue in Georgia's conflict zones to de-escalate serious tensions
Publishing date: 9 July 2008
TBILISI, 9 July 2008- The Chairman of the OSCE Permanent Council, Finnish Ambassador Antti Turunen, called on the sides in the Georgian-Ossetian and Georgian-Abkhaz conflicts today to urgently resume dialogue in order to de-escalate tensions...