Finland's Foreign minister Ilkka Kanerva, who took the helm of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) on January 1, believes the time has come to build what he calls "a new ...

Ukrainian forces are shelling Donbass once again. The territory of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) has been under fire more than 1600 times within a day. Ukrainian forces are shelling Donbass once ...

Since the Ukrainian crisis started, the tone at the table of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) can recall the Cold War. But at least the US and Russia talk to each other ...

Welcome to Wider Europe, RFE/RL's new newsletter focusing on the key issues concerning the European Union, NATO, and other institutions and their relationship with the Western Balkans and Europe's ...

The Ukraine crisis has focussed attention on the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe in Germany and elsewhere. Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has consistently pushed for a ...

There were two big questions looming over the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) ministerial meeting in Skopje, which on November 30-December 1 will bring together the foreign ...

On this week's "Conflict Zone," Lamberto Zannier, OSCE Secretary General, discusses how his organization can maintain relevance in a world with aggressive states, brutal dictators and a troubling ...

The Russian war in Ukraine has justifiably brought two European international security organizations back to the forefront of the world’s attention: the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and ...