News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Moldova contributes to quality of education for pupils from Moldovan and Transdniestrian schools
Publishing date: 17 May 2019
CHISINAU, 17 May 2019- The OSCE Mission to Moldova completed today donation of 16 sets of computer and recreational equipment to eight Moldovan-administered Latin-script schools and eight Transdniestria-administered schools to contribute to the quality of education for children. The measure is part of the Mission’s confidence-building efforts and a means of promoting the holistic development of students...
OSCE-supported training course explores ways to realize effective participation of national minorities in Moldovan public life
Publishing date: 16 May 2019
The OSCE Mission to Moldova concluded its second training programme for state institutions dealing with the protection of the rights of national minorities and the consolidation of inter-ethnic relations in the country on 16 May 2019. The two-day course focused on the participation of national minorities in public life and built on the positive outcomes of last year’s induction course on human rights and national minorities, which was attended by the same group of participants...
Addressing security needs of Jewish communities in Moldova focus of OSCE/ODIHR
Publishing date: 15 May 2019
The security needs of Jewish communities were the focus of an awareness raising event held in Chisinau on 15 May 2019. It was organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in co-operation with the OSCE Mission to Moldova, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Jewish Community of Moldova...
Head of OSCE Mission to Moldova welcomes commitment by leaderships of both Sides to continue constructive dialogue, underpinned by concrete steps
Publishing date: 13 May 2019
CHISINAU, 13 May 2019 – The Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, Claus Neukirch, today welcomed the decision of the Transdniestrian leadership to retract decree No.18 related to the village of Varnita...
Visiting Moldova, OSCE Chair’s Special Representative Franco Frattini urges Sides to step up efforts to maintain positive dynamic in settlement process
Publishing date: 11 May 2019
CHISINAU, 11 May 2019 – Concluding his meetings today, the OSCE Special Representative for the Transdniestrian Settlement Process, Franco Frattini, urged the Sides to step up efforts to maintain the positive dynamic in the settlement process for the benefit of people on both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River.
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Lajčák: dialogue between Chisinau and Tiraspol needs to intensify for benefit of the people
Publishing date: 16 April 2019
BRATISLAVA, 16 April 2019 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Slovak Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Miroslav Lajčák stated today that constructive dialogue and concrete, small steps in confidence-building are needed to keep the positive momentum in the Transdniestrian settlement process.
OSCE Head of Mission calls on the Sides to the Transdniestrian settlement to keep to the course of constructive interaction and confidence building
Publishing date: 31 January 2019
CHISINAU, 31 January 2019 – The Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, Claus Neukirch, today expressed his concern that recent developments with regard to the village of Varnita and the opening of a Transdniestrian socio-cultural centre in Moscow could undermine the trust and confidence built over the past years in the Transdniestrian settlement process...