VIENNA, March 19 - The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), a 57-nation east-west body comprising former Cold War foes, agreed on a budget on Thursday for the first time in five ...

The OSCE Minsk Group, created in 1992 to mediate the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, will be dissolved by the end of 2025. The group achieved little due to constant vetoes, co-chair ...

The OSCE’s 50th anniversary is being marked with high-profile speeches and debate over its relevance in an era of Russian aggression and institutional paralysis. Originally forged during the Cold War ...

On July 31 and August 1, hundreds of officials and politicians will gather in Finland to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act. That agreement was something of a high-water mark of ...

Respiratory failure is a condition in which your lungs have a hard time loading your blood with oxygen or removing carbon dioxide. "Respiratory failure represents the respiratory system's inability to ...

They’re stressful. They’re tough. They’re the OSCEs: Exams that train you — the medical student — to be the best doctor you can be. OSCE stands for objective structured clinical examination, and it’s ...

Access to high-quality medical oxygen has been a long-standing challenge in Liberia due to barriers that span across the health system, which were amplified during the COVID-19 pandemic. The surge in ...

Without guarantees that observers would be accredited, and an apparent lack of engagement by Dushanbe, the OSCE has chosen to cancel its monitoring mission. “We deeply regret that our observation of ...

Malta has worked to ensure the OSCE is able to respond to rising threats while fulfilling its purpose of building – or rather, rebuilding – stability from Vancouver to Vladivostok As Malta’s ...

A Russian-installed court in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region has jailed an official from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) monitoring mission for “espionage”. The ...

An upper respiratory infection is an illness that can cause nasal congestion, runny nose, sore throat, and cough. It can also cause a fever for the first few days. Upper respiratory infections are ...