News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Press Communiqué of the Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions
Publishing date: 1 July 2015
GENEVA, Switzerland, 1 July 2015- The thirty-second round of the Geneva International Discussions has just ended. The Co-Chairs were encouraged to see a debate which was frank and open despite existing divergent views.
Unite and co-operate at all levels to counter terrorism, say participants at close of OSCE-wide conference
Publishing date: 1 July 2015
VIENNA, 1 July 2015 – The OSCE must take a united approach, encouraging co-operation at all levels, and engaging youth and communities, to effectively counter terrorism and the phenomenon of foreign terrorist fighters, said Vuk Žugić, Chair of the OSCE Permanent Council as he concluded a two-day OSCE-wide conference today on behalf of Serbia’s 2015 OSCE Chairmanship...
OSCE Special Representative for Transdniestrian settlement process calls for resumption of 5+2 talks during meeting in Chisinau
Publishing date: 30 June 2015
CHISINAU, 30 June 2015 – The Special Representative of the Serbian OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the Transdniestrian settlement process, Ambassador Radojko Bogojević, today completed the first of two visits to the region in one week, following on from recent meetings in Kyiv and Moscow. During his visit, Ambassador Bogojević met with Victor Osipov, Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration and Moldovan Chief Negotiator...
Empowering youth critical to preventing incitement and radicalization of foreign terrorist fighters, say participants of OSCE conference in Vienna
Publishing date: 30 June 2015
VIENNA, 30 June 2015- Empowering young people and engaging with individuals at risk of radicalization is crucial to countering the phenomenon of foreign terrorist fighters and confronting violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism, said participants at the start of a two-day OSCE-wide counter-terrorism conference which opened in Vienna today...
OSCE Chairperson Dačić and Secretary General Zannier condemn terrorist attacks in Tunisia and France, stress need for unity and solidarity
Publishing date: 26 June 2015
BELGRADE/VIENNA, 26 June 2015 – Sharply condemning the terrorist attacks in Tunisia and France today, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić, and OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier stressed the need for unity and solidarity in the face of violent extremism...
2015 Annual Security Review Conference provides platform for debate on current security challenges
Publishing date: 25 June 2015
VIENNA, 25 June 2015- Current security challenges in the OSCE area and how the Organization can use its comprehensive toolbox as well as co-operation with other international and regional organizations to address them were the focus of the 2015 Annual Security Review Conference, which took place in Vienna on 23-25 June...
56th IPRM meeting takes place in Ergneti
Publishing date: 24 June 2015
ERGNETI, 24 June 2015- On 24th June 2015, the 56th meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) took place in Ergneti, co-facilitated by Kęstutis Jankauskas, the Head of the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM), and Ambassador Angelo Gnaedinger, the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-office for the South Caucasus...