News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE supports roundtable discussion on improving water education in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 27 October 2017
Some 40 representatives of Kazakhstan’s water management authorities and academic institutions discussed introducing a specialized curriculum on water management during an OSCE-supported roundtable on 26 October 2017 in Taraz, Kazakhstan...
OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe supports first National Congress of People with Disabilities
Publishing date: 27 October 2017
The first National Congress of People with Disabilities took place in Dushanbe on 25 and 26 October 2017 with the support of the OSCE Programme Office, bringing together some 70 people with disabilities from different regions of Tajikistan who shared their thoughts and experiences on their participation in public life, arts, sport and theatre...
Role of Agreement on Sub-Regional Arms Control in building confidence in Western Balkans focus of Forum for Security Co-operation’s meeting
Publishing date: 27 October 2017
The achievements of the Agreement on Sub-Regional Arms Control were discussed in the meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation on 25 October 2017 in Vienna. The Agreement has served as a framework for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia to engage with each other to promote peace and stability in the region.
OSCE Mission to Moldova supports confidence-building conference for Dniester/Nistru basin NGOs
Publishing date: 27 October 2017
An international conference supported by the OSCE Mission to Moldova on issues pertaining to the Dniester/Nistru river basin was held on 26 and 27 October 2017 in Tiraspol.
Lawyers’ capacity to tackle hate crimes strengthened by OSCE Mission to Moldova
Publishing date: 27 October 2017
The sixth Human Rights Club of the year was organized by the OSCE Mission to Moldova on 26 October 2017. The meeting provided legal professionals from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River with an opportunity to discuss how to differentiate between an act of discrimination and a hate crime when identifying the law that has been violated in a given case.
Spot Report by the Observer Mission at the Russian checkpoints of Gukovo and Donetsk: the sixty-eigth Russian convoy of 17 vehicles crossed into Ukraine
Publishing date: 26 October 2017
On 26 October 2017 at 06:55 (Moscow time), the sixty-eighth Russian convoy arrived at the Donetsk Border Crossing Point (BCP). A total of 17 vehicles were checked by the Russian border guards and customs services prior to their crossing into Ukraine. All 17 vehicles had crossed back into the Russian Federation by 14:18 on 26 October.
Latest from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30, 25 October 2017
Publishing date: 26 October 2017
The SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and fewer in Luhansk region compared with the previous reporting period. The SMM continued monitoring all three disengagement areas and recorded ceasefire violations near the Zolote and Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement areas. Its access remained restricted in all three disengagement areas and elsewhere, including near Verkhnoshyrokivske. In Verkhnoshyrokivske, men in military-style clothing pointed a heavy machine-gun at an SMM patrol stopped at a checkpoint. The SMM saw weapons in violation of withdrawal lines near Miusynsk and Luhansk city. The Mission facilitated and monitored repairs and maintenance to the thermal power plant in Shchastia, water pipelines near Maiorsk and in Horlivka, and the gas distribution station in Dovhe. In Kyiv, the SMM monitored the ongoing gathering in front of the national Parliament building.