News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office expresses condolences after mining accident in eastern Ukraine
Publishing date: 5 March 2015
The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić today expressed his deepest sympathy over the loss of life in a mining accident at the Zasyadko coal mine in eastern Ukraine
OSCE Chairperson Dačić and Secretary General Zannier condemn murder of Boris Nemtsov and call for rapid and thorough investigation
Publishing date: 2 March 2015
BELGRADE/VIENNA, 2 March 2015 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić and OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier today condemned the murder of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov on Friday 27 February, and called for a thorough investigation into his death.
Press Release by European Union External Action Service: Call between HRVP Federica Mogherini and OSCE CiO Ivica Dačić
Publishing date: 27 February 2015
BRUSSELS, 27 February 2015 – Federica Mogherini, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission, spoke on the phone today with the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbia’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić.
52nd IPRM meeting takes place in Ergneti
Publishing date: 27 February 2015
Ergneti, 27 February 2015 – The 52nd meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) took place today 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.
Good faith must continue in observing Minsk Package deal, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office urges
Publishing date: 27 February 2015
VIENNA, 27 February 2015 – All sides in eastern Ukraine must continue to fulfil in good faith their obligations under the Minsk Package of Measures, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić said today in Vienna following a meeting with the OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier and the permanent representatives of the two other Troika members – Ambassadors Thomas Greminger of Switzerland and Rüdiger Lüdeking of Germany.
Peace and security in Europe are a joint responsibility, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Dačić tells United States Helsinki Commission
Publishing date: 26 February 2015
WASHINGTON D.C., 26 February 2015 – “Serbia’s OSCE Chairmanship coincides with the worst crisis of European security since the end of the Cold War,” OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbia’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić, told the U.S. Helsinki Commission at a hearing on 26 February in Washington, D.C...
OSCE Chairperson Dačić welcomes determination of 'Normandy Format' foreign ministers to push forward full implementation of Minsk measures
Publishing date: 25 February 2015
Collections: Serbian OSCE Chairmanship’s work in resolving the crisis in and around Ukraine, Kompilacija svih vesti i novosti o naporima predsedavanja Srbije ka rešavanju situacije u Ukrajini
WASHINGTON, 25 February 2015- OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbia’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić, welcomed the commitment of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine, expressed during yesterday’s meeting of the “Normandy Format” in Paris, to push forward the full implementation of the Package of Measures agreed in Minsk.