Russian delegates defiant at hostile OSCE assembly meeting
February 24, 2023 GMTVIENNA, Austria (AP) — A contentious Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe parliamentary meeting ended Friday with condemnation of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — as Russian delegates accused the West of preventing dialogue by arming Kyiv.
Ukraine shuns OSCE gathering in Vienna over Russian presence
February 23, 2023 GMTVIENNA (AP) — A meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's parliamentary assembly got underway Thursday without the Ukrainian delegation, which described the presence of Russian lawmakers as “an affront.”
Ukraine to boycott OSCE meeting in Vienna if Russia attends
February 15, 2023 GMTVIENNA (AP) — Ukraine has informed the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe that it won't attend the next meeting of its parliamentary assembly if sanctioned Russian lawmakers are allowed to participate.
European security org faces existential crisis at meeting
December 2, 2022 GMTLODZ, Poland (AP) — A security organization born in the Cold War to maintain peace in Europe ended a high-level meeting Friday without a final resolution, underlining the existential crisis it is facing amid Russia's war against Ukraine.
Security meeting overshadowed by Russia’s war, ban on Lavrov
December 1, 2022 GMTLODZ, Poland (AP) — A meeting of Europe's largest security organization opened Thursday with foreign ministers and other representatives strongly denouncing Russia's war against Ukraine, a conflict that is among the greatest challenges the body has faced in its nearly half-century of existence.
Breaking EU ranks, Polish leader in Beijing diplomacy push
February 4, 2022 GMTWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Alone among his fellow European Union leaders, Poland's president was in Beijing Friday for the Winter Olympics opening in what his office said was a bid to maintain good ties with China and lobby for an easing of Russia-Ukraine tensions.
Russian FM: Security talks with US, NATO to start next month
December 22, 2021 GMTMOSCOW (AP) — Russian and U.S. negotiators will sit down for talks early next year to discuss Moscow's demand for Western guarantees precluding NATO's expansion to Ukraine, Russia’s top diplomat said Wednesday.
Official: Blinken, Russian FM to meet amid Ukraine tensions
December 1, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet separately with his Russian and Ukrainian counterparts on Thursday on the margins of a meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, at a time of tension over Russian military deployments on Ukraine's borders.
Coronavirus pandemic shrinks Europe’s monitoring of US vote
September 18, 2020 GMTEurope’s largest security organization said Friday that it has drastically scaled back plans to send as many as 500 observers to the U.S. to monitor the Nov. 3 presidential election and now will deploy just 30 because of the coronavirus pandemic.
OSCE close to ending deadlock on candidates for top jobs
July 11, 2017 GMTMAUERBACH, Austria (AP) — The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe appeared poised Tuesday to end months of crippling deadlock, with participants at a foreign ministers' meeting saying member nations agree in principle on who should fill key leadership positions...