News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairperson urges Albanian government, parties to urgently resume dialogue
Publishing date: 20 July 2011
VILNIUS, 20 July 2011- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, today urged the Albanian government and opposition to restore political dialogue and move ahead with reforms...
OSCE Troika, EU High Representative Ashton discuss co-operation
Publishing date: 20 July 2011
The foreign ministers of Lithuania, Kazakhstan and Ireland – representing the 2011, the 2010 and the 2012 OSCE Chairmanships respectively – and the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Catherine Ashton, discussed OSCE-EU co-operation during a meeting on 18 July 2011 in Brussels...
OSCE Office in Baku organizes UK study trip for government spokespersons
Publishing date: 19 July 2011
Eleven senior government spokespersons from Azerbaijan are visiting London from 18-21 July 2011 on an OSCE-supported study visit to discuss best practices in government-media relations and freedom of information practices with their British peers...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes decriminalization of libel by Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 19 July 2011
VIENNA, 19 July 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today commended Kyrgyzstan for being the first Central Asian state to decriminalize libel...
Need for greater political pluralism highlighted in OSCE report
Publishing date: 18 July 2011
Better compliance with the OSCE’s political pluralism commitments is one of the recommendations of a report from the May 2011 OSCE Human Dimension Seminar on the role of political parties in the political process, published by ODIHR on 15 July...
Statement of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs
Publishing date: 18 July 2011
YEREVAN, 18 July 2011- The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassadors Bernard Fassier of France, Robert Bradtke of the United States, and Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, released the following statement today...
OSCE Chairperson offers condolences to Turkey on the death of Turkish soldiers
Publishing date: 16 July 2011
VILNIUS, 16 July 2011- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, commented on a clash between government forces and militants in the Diyarbakır province of Turkey which resulted in the deaths of thirteen and injuries to seven Turkish soldiers...