News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Ministers of OSCE Troika and Serbia met in New York to discuss key issues ahead of Kyiv Ministerial Council
Publishing date: 27 September 2013
On 26 September 2013 the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara, Vice-President and Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter, Tánaiste and Irish Foreign and Trade Minister Eamon Gilmore and Serbian Foreign Minister Ivan Mrkic met in New York as the OSCE Troika plus Serbia. They discussed the recent developments in the OSCE area ahead of the OSCE Ministerial Council scheduled for 5-6 December 2013 in Kyiv...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office welcomes results of meeting between leaders of Chisinau and Tiraspol
Publishing date: 24 September 2013
NEW YORK, 24 September 2013 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Ukraine Leonid Kozhara welcomed today the extension of the protocol decision on resumption of a full-scale freight railway service through Transdniestria. The relevant agreement was signed at the meeting of the Moldovan Prime Minister Iurie Leancă and the Transdniestrian leader Yevgeniy Shevchuk in Tiraspol on 23 September...
On International Day of Peace, OSCE Chair says education vital for reducing tensions, emphasises need to resolve protracted conflicts
Publishing date: 21 September 2013
KYIV, 21 September 2013 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara marked the International Day of Peace today by stressing the vital role education can play in promoting peace and the urgent need for increased and co-ordinated efforts to peacefully resolve protracted conflicts in the OSCE region...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office welcomes resumption of direct dialogue between leadership of Chisinau and Tiraspol
Publishing date: 19 September 2013
KYIV, 19 September 2013 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Leonid Kozhara welcomes the agreement reached on a meeting of the Moldovan Prime Minister Iurie Leancă and Transdniestrian leader Yevgeniy Shevchuk, scheduled for 23 September in Tiraspol...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office strongly condemns deadly attack on EULEX personnel in Kosovo, calls to bring perpetrators to justice
Publishing date: 19 September 2013
KYIV, 19 September 2013 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara, strongly condemned today the attack on a EULEX convoy, which led to the death of one EULEX staff member in Zvečan/Zveçan Municipality in northern Kosovo...
37th IPRM meeting, with focus on freedom of movement issues, takes place in Ergneti
Publishing date: 16 September 2013
ERGNETI, 16 September 2013- Today, the 37th meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) took place in Ergneti, co-facilitated by Head of EUMM a.i. Gerard A. Fischer and Ambassador Andrii Deshchytsia, the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for Conflicts...
OSCE meeting in Prague addresses environmental impact of energy-related activities
Publishing date: 11 September 2013
PRAGUE, 11 September 2013 – Ukrainian Foreign Minister, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Leonid Kozhara opened today a three-day OSCE conference in Prague which gathered representatives of the OSCE participating States, international and non-governmental organizations as well as experts to discuss how the OSCE can contribute to energy sustainability and prevent adverse environmental impacts of energy-related activities...