News and press releases

The Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, Ambassador Philip Remler and Moldova’s Defence Minister Vitalie Marinuţa launched on 10 November 2011 an information campaign to raise public awareness of the dangers of explosive remnants of war...

CHISINAU, 5 November 2011 – The mediators and the observers in the Transdniestrian settlement process, who concluded a two-day visit to meet the political leadership in Chisinau and Tiraspol today, welcomed the decision of the sides to accept the invitation of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office to meet in Vilnius on 30 November-1 December for the first official 5+2 meeting following a nearly six years hiatus...

The OSCE Mission to Moldova issued a call for applications for a two-day training seminar on establishing and managing professional and financially sustainable online media outlets held by the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media and the Mission on 29 and 30 November 2011 in Vadul-lui-Voda...

VILNIUS, 1 November 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, welcomed today the release of Ilya Kazak who was sentenced for 14 years of imprisonment in Transdniestria on alleged espionage charges...

CHISINAU, 1 November 2011 – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, during her visit to Moldova today called on the country to continue improving measures to prevent human trafficking, including trafficking for labour exploitation, and protect victims' rights, including access to compensation and long-term support for the social inclusion of victims, especially child victims...

Representatives of political parties, government bodies and non-governmental organizations discussed ways to meet OSCE commitments to pluralism in the financing of political parties at a two-day conference co-organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the International Foundation for Electoral Systems on 27 and 28 October 2011 in Chisinau...

VIENNA, 30 September 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today called upon Moldovan authorities to release Eduard Bagirov, a writer and journalist blogger, who has been held in pre-trial detention since mid-June...