News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairman reaffirms Organization's commitment to stabilize post-conflict situation in South Caucasus
Publishing date: 22 August 2008
TBILISI, 22 August 2008- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finland's Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, said today that the Organization was strongly committed to helping stabilize the current situation in Georgia...
OSCE Chairman welcomes OSCE States' decision for up to 100 monitors to Georgia
Publishing date: 19 August 2008
BRUSSELS, 19 August 2008- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, issued the following statement on the OSCE Permanent Council's decision to increase the number of monitors to the Mission to Georgia by up to 100...
OSCE States agree up to 100 monitors to Georgia
Publishing date: 19 August 2008
VIENNA, 19 August 2008- The 56 OSCE participating States agreed to increase the number of OSCE monitors in the Mission to Georgia to 100 at a special meeting of the Permanent Council in Vienna today...
OSCE Special Envoy says situation in Georgia still "fragile", additional OSCE monitors needed
Publishing date: 14 August 2008
VIENNA, 14 August 2008- The situation in and around the South Ossetia conflict area remains "fragile" and up to 100 additional OSCE monitors are needed, the Special Envoy of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Ambassador Heikki Talvitie, said in Vienna today...
OSCE Mission helps Georgian government improve border management
Publishing date: 7 August 2008
TBILISI, 7 August 2008- Strengthening border management was the focus of an OSCE-organized workshop for Georgian and Azerbaijani border management and security agencies that ended today in the Georgian district of Lagodekhi...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office condemns Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone violence, reiterates invitation for dialogue
Publishing date: 2 August 2008
HELSINKI, 2 August 2008- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, condemned today the latest escalation of violence, including overnight shooting, in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict....
OSCE Mission completes first phase of 'Signs of Hope' photo and documentary initiative in zone of Georgian-Ossetian conflict
Publishing date: 23 July 2008
TBILISI, 23 July 2008.- The first phase of a media-development project by the OSCE Mission to Georgia ended today with the completion of a six-day documentary training course for 12 Ossetian journalists in Tskhinvali...