News and press releases

Lithuania's OSCE Chairmanship, with the support of the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre, is hosting a workshop in Vienna on the post-conflict rehabilitation capacity of the Organization. The event is the second in a series of expert meetings on early warning, conflict prevention, crisis management and post-conflict rehabilitation taking place under the “V[ienna] to V[ilnius] Dialogue”...

PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 2 May 2011 – Acting Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo Edward P. Joseph made the following statement today ahead of World Press Freedom Day on 3 May...

VILNIUS, 2 May 2011- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, speaking ahead of World Press Freedom Day on 3 May, called for OSCE states to do more to protect journalists...

VIENNA, 29 April 2011- The following is a press release issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly on 29 April. The views expressed in this press release do not necessarily reflect those of the OSCE Chairmanship, nor of all OSCE participating States.

VILNIUS, 29 April 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, condemned yesterday’s attack in Marrakesh and expressed his condolences following series of explosions that killed and injured several people...

VIENNA, 29 April 2011 – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, stressed today that promotion of decent work and protection of workers' rights, including freedom of assembly and association, can help prevent and combat trafficking in human beings for labour exploitation...

On 27-28 April, two senior managers of the OSCE’s Community Security Initiative (CSI) working in southern Kyrgyzstan participated in a round table discussion in the city of Uzgen on the role of young people in promoting stability in the Republic...