News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Press Statement of Special Representative of OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Martin Sajdik, after meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group on 1 February 2017
Publishing date: 2 February 2017
MINSK, 2 February 2017 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Ambassador Martin Sajdik, made the following statement to the press after the meeting of the TCG and its working groups in Minsk on 1 February 2017:...
Statement by the Trilateral Contact Group and the Representatives from certain areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions calling for ceasefire
Publishing date: 1 February 2017
MINSK, 1 February 2017- In the area bound by, and including all parts of Donetsk Airport, Avdiivka and Yasynuvata, and also along the whole line of contact, the Trilateral Contact Group, together with the representatives from certain areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, today calls for:...
Austrian OSCE Chairmanship on the escalation of violence in Ukraine
Publishing date: 31 January 2017
VIENNA, 31 January 2017- With regard to the latest developments in eastern Ukraine, a spokesperson of the OSCE Chairmanship declared today:
OSCE Permanent Council renews mandates of field operations at the Russian Border Checkpoints, in Bishkek, and in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 27 January 2017
VIENNA, 27 January 2017 – The mandates of the OSCE Observer Mission at the Russian Checkpoints of Gukovo and Donetsk, the Centre in Bishkek and the Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan were renewed today following decisions by the OSCE Permanent Council...
Press Statement of Special Representative of OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Sajdik on recent civilian deaths in eastern Ukraine
Publishing date: 27 January 2017
KYIV, 27 January 2017 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG) Martin Sajdik today made the following statement to the press following recent civilian deaths in eastern Ukraine...
On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, OSCE officials call for reflection, renewed efforts for better education and strong messages against intolerance
Publishing date: 27 January 2017
VIENNA / WARSAW, 27 January 2017 – On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Sebastian Kurz, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Austria’s Foreign Minister, Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, and Rabbi Andrew Baker, Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Combating Anti-Semitism, today called for renewed efforts for better education and strong messages against intolerance...
Cyprus’ Foreign Minister stresses importance of Co-operation between Council of Europe and OSCE in challenging times
Publishing date: 26 January 2017
VIENNA, 25 January 2017 – “At a time when Europe is faced with protracted as well as newly emerging conflicts, and a number of serious threats to democracy, the co-operation and synergies between the OSCE and the Council of Europe are more crucial than ever”, stressed Cyprus Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chair of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers Ioannis Kassoulides in his address to the OSCE Permanent Council.