News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE affirms political process as way forward in solving crisis in Ukraine
Publishing date: 8 April 2015
Collections: Serbian OSCE Chairmanship’s work in resolving the crisis in and around Ukraine, Kompilacija svih vesti i novosti o naporima predsedavanja Srbije ka rešavanju situacije u Ukrajini
BELGRADE, 8 April 2015 – OSCE’s Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić, Secretary General Lamberto Zannier, Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan, and OSCE Envoy to the Trilateral Contact Group Ambassador Heidi Tagliavini, met today in Belgrade to plan further steps in responding to crisis in Ukraine...
OSCE Chairperson Dačić and Secretary General Zannier condemn horrific terrorist attack in Tunisia
Publishing date: 18 March 2015
BELGRADE, 18 March 2015 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić, and the Secretary General Lamberto Zannier, condemned the horrific terrorist attack in Tunis today, and expressed their deepest condolences to the families and relatives of the victims...
Council of Europe and OSCE need to further strengthen co-operation to effectively address current challenges, Belgium’s Foreign Minister tells OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 12 March 2015
VIENNA, 12 March 2015- The Council of Europe and OSCE need to further capitalize on their strengths to effectively address the challenges facing their member countries, said Didier Reynders, Belgium’s Foreign Minister and current chair of the Council’s Committee of Ministers, in his address to the OSCE Permanent Council on 12 March 2015.
OSCE Secretary General Zannier, in Georgia, says Organization is committed to resolving regional conflicts through dialogue
Publishing date: 11 March 2015
“The Geneva International Discussions are and remain the only inclusive platform for dialogue,” said OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier during an official visit to Georgia on 8-11 March 2015...
OSCE Chairperson Dačić and Secretary General Zannier condemn murder of Boris Nemtsov and call for rapid and thorough investigation
Publishing date: 2 March 2015
BELGRADE/VIENNA, 2 March 2015 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić and OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier today condemned the murder of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov on Friday 27 February, and called for a thorough investigation into his death.
OSCE Secretary General addresses White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism
Publishing date: 20 February 2015
The OSCE’s comprehensive approach to security, which embraces human rights and democracy, economics and environment as well as politico-military security, offers a powerful antidote to violent extremism, OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier told high-level officials from around the world at the Ministerial Meeting of the White House Countering Violent Extremism Summit in Washington, DC, on 19 February 2015...
OSCE Secretary General concludes visit to Ukraine
Publishing date: 18 February 2015
On 13 February 2015 the OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier concluded a three-day working visit to Kyiv and Dnipropetrovsk. During the visit, Zannier held meetings with government officials, representatives of the regional administration and civil society. In Dnipropetrovsk, he visited the Centre for internally displaced persons (IDPs), to which he handed over a donation of 20,000 Euros from the OSCE charity fund...