News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairmanship welcomes agreement on principles and procedures, agenda in Transdniestrian settlement talks
Publishing date: 18 April 2012
VIENNA, 18 April 2012 – Ambassador Erwan Fouéré, the Special Representative of the Chairperson-in-Office for the Transdniestrian settlement process, welcomed today’s agreement on the principles and procedures for the conduct of formal negotiations as well as the agenda for the process...
OSCE Chairperson extends condolences, calls for swift investigation into tragic murders near Skopje
Publishing date: 13 April 2012
DUBLIN, 13 April 2012 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister Eamon Gilmore, today expressed his condolences to the families of five ethnic Macedonians murdered last night in a village near Skopje...
Acting Head of OSCE Mission in Kosovo condemns recent violence in Mitrovica
Publishing date: 9 April 2012
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 9 Apr 2012- Acting Head of OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Edward P. Joseph condemned today's assault on a police checkpoint and yesterday’s violent incidents in Mitrovica which left one person dead and another one injured...
OSCE Special Representative for the Transdniestrian conflict settlement process on visit to Moldova
Publishing date: 4 April 2012
Ambassador Erwan Fouéré, the Special Representative of the Chairperson-in-Office for the Trandniestrian conflict settlement process, is visiting Tiraspol and Chisinau on 4 and 5 April 2012...
OSCE Chairmanship welcomes agreement by sides in Transdniestrian settlement to resume rail services
Publishing date: 30 March 2012
DUBLIN, 30 March 2012- Ambassador Erwan Fouéré, the Special Representative of the Chairperson-in-Office for the Trandniestrian settlement process, welcomed today’s agreement allowing the resumption of full rail traffic through the region...
OSCE Chairmanship highlights importance of freedom of movement in areas affected by 2008 conflict in Georgia
Publishing date: 29 March 2012
GENEVA, 29 March 2012 – Speaking today at the 19th round of the Geneva International Discussions, Pádraig Murphy, the OSCE Chairmanship’s Special Representative for the South Caucasus, appealed to the participants to urgently address the problems faced by refugees and internally displaced populations.
Joint statement by the Foreign Ministers of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries
Publishing date: 22 March 2012
MOSCOW/ WASHINGTON/ PARIS, 22 March 2012- The foreign minsters of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov, Secretary of State of the United States Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Foreign Minister of France Alain Juppé issued the following statement today...