News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE and UNECE support progress towards climate change adaptation in the Dniester River basin
Publishing date: 27 March 2017
OSCE and UNECE (the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe) jointly organized a meeting of the Working Group on Flood Management and Climate Change Adaptation in the Dniester River Basin on 23 March 2017 in Chisinau, Moldova. The meeting attracted more than 60 participants from the ministries of the environment, water agencies, hydro-meteorological services, research institutions and non-governmental organizations from Moldova and Ukraine...
Progress on ‘package of eight’ will advance Transdniestrian settlement process and improve people’s lives, says OSCE Special Representative
Publishing date: 24 March 2017
CHISINAU, 24 March 2017 – The Special Representative of the Austrian OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the Transdniestrian Settlement Process, Wolf Dietrich Heim, today concluded a visit to the region where he met political representatives of the sides in Chisinau and Tiraspol...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Personal Representative on Combating Anti-Semitism encouraged by initial steps to support Holocaust education and remembrance in Moldova
Publishing date: 3 March 2017
CHISINAU, 3 March 2017 – The Personal Representative of the Austrian OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Combating Anti-Semitism, Rabbi Andrew Baker, today concluded his first official visit to Moldova, where he met with government and Jewish community representatives to discuss measures to strengthen the commemoration and study of the Holocaust in Moldova and to combat anti-Semitism, intolerance and hate crimes...
Office of the High Commissioner on National Minorities pledges to continue supporting integration in Moldova
Publishing date: 23 February 2017
The implementation of Moldova’s Strategy for Consolidation of Inter-ethnic Relations 2017¬¬¬–2027 was discussed at a conference organized by the office of the High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) and the Bureau of Inter-ethnic Relations in Chisinau on 16 February 2017...
OSCE Mission supports Moldovan Defence Ministry’s first conference on small arms, light weapons and conventional ammunition safety and stockpiles management
Publishing date: 22 February 2017
Some 60 high-level officials, including parliamentarians, governmental officials and members of international and non-governmental organizations attended the first-ever high-level conference organized by Moldova’s Ministry of Defence on small arms, light weapons and conventional ammunition safety and stockpiles management. The conference on 16 February 2017 was held with the support of the OSCE Mission...
Transdniestrian Settlement Process a priority for Austrian Chairmanship in 2017
Publishing date: 6 February 2017
The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz, visited Moldova from 3 to 4 February 2017...
Special Representative of the Austrian OSCE Chairmanship reaffirms the need for results-oriented dialogue in the Transdniestrian Settlement Process
Publishing date: 20 January 2017
CHISINAU, 20 January 2017 – Ambassador Wolf Dietrich Heim today concluded his first visit to the region in his new capacity as the Special Representative of the Austrian OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the Transdniestrian Settlement Process. His visit included meetings with the leadership in Chisinau and Tiraspol and representatives of the 5+2 format...