News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 2 March 2016
Publishing date: 3 March 2016
Decisions on mine action and on the prohibition of live-fire exercises were endorsed by the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG) in Minsk. The SMM observed ceasefire violations in numerous areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The Mission observed a number of weapons outside storage sites – some of them in violation of the respective withdrawal lines. The SMM continued to observe the presence of mines and followed up on reports of mine-related fatalities. It facilitated and monitored repair works on both sides of the contact line. The SMM observed an anti-Maidan demonstration in Odessa...
Drones: an up-and-coming newsgathering tool for journalists that must be safeguarded, OSCE Representative says, issuing recommendations
Publishing date: 3 March 2016
VIENNA, 3 March 2016 – The use of drones by journalists for newsgathering purposes falls under the right of the media to publish news as well as the public’s right to receive information and ideas, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović said today as she presented a set of recommendations on drone journalism...
Early identification and prevention of violent extremism, in focus of the OSCE Mission to BiH-supported tabletop exercise
Publishing date: 3 March 2016
SARAJEVO, 3 March 2016 – The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, in co-operation with the BiH Ministry of Security and supported by the United States Government, concluded a two-day tabletop exercise at Jahorina mountain today, focusing on practical views and ideas in addressing the challenges of violent extremism...
OSCE Programme Office supports high-level discussion on procedural law in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 3 March 2016
AK-BULAK, Kazakhstan, 3 March 2016 – A three-day OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on the application of the new Civil Procedure Code of Kazakhstan and major areas of modernizing the procedural law began today in Ak-Bulak near Almaty, Kazakhstan...
OSCE Presence, Italian Government and Albanian Government launch new project on protecting children from trafficking and exploitation
Publishing date: 3 March 2016
The OSCE Presence in Albania and the Italian Embassy in Tirana, in co-operation with the National Anti-Trafficking Co-ordinator, Elona Gjebrea, and the Head of the State Agency on the Protection of Children’s Rights, Ina Verzivolli, on 3 March 2016, launched a project which aims to protect children from trafficking, exploitation and irregular migration...
Role of female police officers in focus at OSCE Centre in Bishkek-supported international training-conference
Publishing date: 3 March 2016
BISHKEK, 3 March 2016 – The role of women police in the modern world and in Kyrgyzstan is the focus of a two-day international training-conference co-organized by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek to mark five years of the establishment of the Kyrgyz Association of Women Police and its membership of the International Association of Women Police...
Chief Monitor of OSCE Mission to Ukraine welcomes decisions on mine action and prohibition of live-fire exercises by Trilateral Contact Group
Publishing date: 3 March 2016
MINSK, 3 March 2016 – The Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Ertugrul Apakan welcomed the decisions on mine action and prohibition of live-fire exercises, endorsed yesterday in Minsk by the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG)...