News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Ann Linde visits Ukraine
Publishing date: 21 January 2021
KYIV, 21 January 2021 — OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Sweden’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ann Linde, concluded a two-day official visit to Ukraine yesterday. She called on the sides to step up their efforts to find a sustainable peaceful resolution to the crisis in and around Ukraine.
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Linde appoints Special Representatives
Publishing date: 15 January 2021
VIENNA, 15 January 2021- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden Ann Linde, announced today the appointments of her Special Representatives for 2021...
Chairperson-in-Office Ann Linde presents Sweden’s 2021 priorities to Permanent Council
Publishing date: 14 January 2021
VIENNA/STOCKHOLM, 14 January 2021 — Over the coming year, the Swedish Chairpersonship will do its part to ensure that the OSCE can make a real difference on the ground and defend the principles on which the Organization was founded, said OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden Ann Linde in her virtual address to the Permanent Council today.
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Secretary General call for a peaceful return to order in Washington D.C.
Publishing date: 6 January 2021
STOCKHOLM/VIENNA, 6 JANUARY 2021- OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde and OSCE Secretary General Helga Schmid called for a peaceful return to order and respect for the democratic process in Washington DC, in response to the developments in and around the Capitol Building.
Sweden takes over OSCE Chair
Publishing date: 1 January 2021
Vienna/Stockholm, 1 January 2021 — Sweden takes over the OSCE Chair today, and will in the coming year focus on defending the European security order, addressing protracted conflicts and enhancing democracy and gender equality.
Press Statement of Special Representative Grau after the regular Meeting of Trilateral Contact Group on 16 December 2020
Publishing date: 17 December 2020
KYIV, 16 December 2020 — The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Ambassador Heidi Grau, made the following statement to the press after the regular meetings of the TCG and its Working Groups held through video conferencing:
Better understanding of the needs and potential of young people in public life focus of OSCE expert event
Publishing date: 16 December 2020
The importance of promoting youth political participation was the focus of a joint online event ‘Advancing Political Participation of Young People across the OSCE region’, hosted by the 2020 Albanian OSCE Chairmanship and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR). Participants discussed the necessity to better understand the needs and contributions of young people to political and public life across the OSCE region.