News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairmanship welcomes agreement by sides in Transdniestrian settlement to resume rail services
Publishing date: 30 March 2012
DUBLIN, 30 March 2012- Ambassador Erwan Fouéré, the Special Representative of the Chairperson-in-Office for the Trandniestrian settlement process, welcomed today’s agreement allowing the resumption of full rail traffic through the region...
OSCE Special Representative in Monaco welcomes continuation of child protection project in Moldova
Publishing date: 20 March 2012
MONACO, 20 March 2012 – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, in her meeting with Prince Albert II today praised the support by the Principality of Monaco in the field of child protection and welcomed the continuation of such a project in Moldova...
OSCE Mission to Moldova supports discussion on Gagauz minority’s language rights
Publishing date: 19 March 2012
A set of recommendations on how to ensure the language rights of the Gagauz minority of Moldova was presented on 29 March 2012 at an OSCE-hosted roundtable meeting in Chisinau...
OSCE helps Chişinău and Tiraspol remove and store radioactive waste
Publishing date: 16 March 2012
The OSCE Mission supported the removal of radioactive industrial waste from an enterprise based in Rybnitsa on the left bank of Dniestr/Nistru to a safe storage facility outside Chişinău on 15 March 2012...
OSCE announces 2012 – 2013 journalism scholarships for students from Transdniestria and Gagauzia
Publishing date: 14 March 2012
The OSCE Mission to Moldova encourages students from Gagauzia and Transdniestria to apply before 6 April 2012 for scholarships to study at the Chişinău School of Advanced Journalism run by the Independent Journalism Centre...
OSCE Chairperson welcomes progress in Transdniestrian settlement talks
Publishing date: 29 February 2012
DUBLIN, 29 February 2012- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Irish Deputy Prime Minister Eamon Gilmore, welcomed the progress achieved in official 5+2 talks towards a Transdniestrian settlement that ended in Dublin today...
OSCE Mission to Moldova encourages joint events to commemorate 20th anniversary of Transdniestrian conflict
Publishing date: 22 February 2012
CHIŞINĂU, 22 February 2012 – The Acting Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova Jan Plešinger called today on the authorities on both banks of the Dniester/Nistru river to conduct joint memorial events on 2 March 2012 to mark the 20th anniversary of the Transdniestrian conflict...