The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) will not send observers to Russia’s upcoming elections for the first time in nearly three decades due to "major limitations" imposed by ...

Fifty years on from its inception, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) is in trouble. Russia’s war on Ukraine has betrayed the OSCE’s principles, designed to regulate ...

KYIV AND VIENNA — The signs had been there for weeks, if not months: Russian forces were massing around Ukraine, painting Zs and Vs on their military vehicles; Vladimir Putin’s rhetoric was getting ...

“The OSCE needs to catch up with the real world” was the blunt assessment of Kenneth Roth, Human Rights Watch’s executive director, at the annual human rights conference this week in Warsaw of the ...

The world's largest security body, the OSCE, had to end its monitoring mission in Ukraine when Russia invaded. But the organization could take on a crucial role when it comes to rebuilding the country ...

OSCE foreign ministers are meeting in Poland, which did not invite Russia's Sergey Lavrov in light of the war in Ukraine. Moscow railed against this step, Western countries argued the Kremlin only had ...

The 57 participating states of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) have reached consensus on the organization's 2026 unified budget, ensuring the continued implementation ...

The OSCE's first summit in more than a decade wraps up today in Kazakhstan, with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev saying that something should be done to prevent the organization from losing its ...

The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the OSCE, aims to prevent conflict and manage crises in Europe, the Caucasus and central Asia. The organisation is based in Vienna, Austria, ...