News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Lajčák receives Minsk Group Co-Chairs, welcomes prisoner exchange
Publishing date: 28 June 2019
BRATISLAVA, 28 June 2019- OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Minister, Miroslav Lajčák, met with Minsk Group Co-Chairs Igor Popov of the Russian Federation and Andrew Schofer of the United States of America, acting also on behalf of Minsk Group Co-Chair Stéphane Visconti of France, and with Personal Representative of the Chairperson-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk.
OSCE leaders call for utmost restraint in Albania
Publishing date: 28 June 2019
BRATISLAVA/COPENHAGEN/VIENNA, 28 June 2019 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Slovakia’s Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajčák, OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger, President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA) George Tsereteli and OSCE PA Secretary General Roberto Montella regret the continuing political tension in Albania and have made the following statement:..
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Special Rep in Ukraine and in Trilateral Contact Group on start of disengagement from agreed area at Stanytsia Luhanska
Publishing date: 26 June 2019
KYIV, 26 June 2019 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group, Ambassador Martin Sajdik, made the following statement to the press:
Participating States can and should make better use of OSCE tools to address common security challenges, say participants at OSCE Annual Security Review Conference
Publishing date: 25 June 2019
VIENNA 24 June 2019 – The OSCE has the framework, the platform and the tools needed to address today’s complex security challenges. What is needed to make effective use of those tools are political will, seeking new opportunities for dialogue and new ways of communicating and negotiating, all keynote speakers agreed at today’s opening session of the Annual Security Review Conference (ASRC).
OSCE Chairperson Lajčák wraps up trip to South-Eastern Europe with visit to Mission in Kosovo, one of the OSCE’s largest field missions
Publishing date: 21 June 2019
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 21 June 2019 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Slovakia’s Foreign and European Affairs Minister, Miroslav Lajčák, concluded today his trip to the three OSCE field operations in South-Eastern Europe with a visit to the OSCE Mission in Kosovo.
OSCE Chairperson Lajčák urges BiH political leaders to re-engage in dialogue and intensify efforts to advance the reform agenda
Publishing date: 21 June 2019
SARAJEVO, 21 June 2019 – Concluding his two-day visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Slovakia’s Foreign and European Affairs Minister, Miroslav Lajčák, stressed the need to explore all avenues to get the country back on track, including through adopting key reforms...
