News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
25th IPRM meeting takes place in Ergneti
Publishing date: 26 July 2012
ERGNETI, 26 July 2012- On 26 July, the 25th meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism, co-facilitated by the EU Monitoring Mission and the OSCE, took place in Ergneti...
OSCE Chairperson concerned over deadly clashes in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 25 July 2012
DUBLIN, 25 July 2012 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Eamon Gilmore, expressed his concern today over the violent clashes in the Gorno-Badakhshan region of Tajikistan that have left at least 42 dead and injured dozens others...
OSCE Centre helps Kyrgyzstan implement UN Resolution 1325
Publishing date: 25 July 2012
BISHKEK, 25 July 2012- A two-day OSCE training seminar for members of the Inter-Agency Working Group established by Kyrgyzstan to develop a national action plan on the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security ended today in Bishkek...
Head of OSCE Mission to Moldova meets with Moldovan Metropolitan Vladimir
Publishing date: 24 July 2012
CHISINAU, 24 July 2012- The Head of OSCE Mission to Moldova, Ambassador Jennifer Brush, met with his Holiness Metropolitan Vladimir, the head of the Moldovan Orthodox Church, in Chisinau today. This was the first time that the OSCE Mission to Moldova has officially met with the head of the Moldovan Orthodox Church...
OSCE-sponsored summer school brings young people from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru closer together
Publishing date: 23 July 2012
For ten days in July 2012, 80 young people from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru river took part in an OSCE-supported summer school at Saharna, a beach resort on the river...
Statement of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs
Publishing date: 20 July 2012
MOSCOW/PARIS/WASHINGTON, 20 July 2012 – The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs (Ambassadors Robert Bradtke of the United States, Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, and Jacques Faure of France) have noted reports about the conduct of “elections” that took place in Nagorno-Karabakh on July 19, 2012...
OSCE Secretary General, on visit to Moldova, stresses OSCE support to Transdniestrian settlement process, confidence-building efforts on both banks
Publishing date: 18 July 2012
CHISINAU, 18 July 2012- OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier, speaking at the conclusion of his visit to Chisinau and Tiraspol today, underscored the OSCE’s support for the Transdniestrian settlement process and efforts to improve the lives of people on both banks of the river...