News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairman urges de-escalation of situation in Georgia
Publishing date: 30 April 2008
HELSINKI, 30 April 2008- OSCE Chairman Alexander Stubb said today he was seriously concerned over the recent developments in Georgia, and reiterated the Organization's full support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia...
Winners of 2008 OSCE photo contest announced
Publishing date: 23 April 2008
VIENNA, 23 April 2008- The winners of the 2008 OSCE photo contest "Waterways of life" were announced today with the main prize awarded to Andrey Shapran of Russia for...
OSCE Chairman expresses concern about recent developments in the Georgian conflict areas
Publishing date: 17 April 2008
HELSINKI, 17 April 2008- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office Alexander Stubb expressed concern today over the Russian Federation's decision to establish official ties with the de facto authorities of Georgia's breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia...
Chairman-in-Office pledges to strengthen OSCE action to promote tolerance
Publishing date: 16 April 2008
HELSINKI, 16 April 2008- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, underscored today that equality and non-discrimination were fundamental principles on which the Organization was founded...
New OSCE Chairman urges solution of region's frozen conflicts, outlines other priorities for rest of year
Publishing date: 10 April 2008
VIENNA, 10 April 2008- The OSCE needs to focus on the issues where it can make a real difference, including solving the region's frozen conflicts, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, told the Permanent Council today...
Work of the Finnish OSCE Chairmanship to continue, says new Finnish Foreign Minister
Publishing date: 4 April 2008
HELSINKI, 4 April 2008- Alexander Stubb was appointed as Foreign Minister of Finland today. The new Minister, serving also as the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, pledged to push ahead with Finland's Chairmanship priorities...
OSCE Chairman voices serious concern over violence in zone of Georgian-Ossetian conflict
Publishing date: 28 March 2008
HELSINKI, 28 March 2008- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva, expressed his serious concern today over a series of bomb explosions in recent days in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict...