News and press releases

Countering the use of the Internet for terrorist purposes was the focus of a two-day regional workshop organized in Malta on 2-3 December 2015 by the OSCE in co-operation with the International Institute for Justice and the Rule of Law (IIJ)...

Armed individuals guarding heavy weapons in Yurivka fire into the air as SMM tries to approach

The SMM recorded a relatively low number of ceasefire violations in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, some of which were assessed to be training activities...

BELGRADE, 5 December 2015 – The 22nd OSCE Ministerial Council took place in a good, constructive and frank atmosphere, laying solid foundations for continuing dialogue on addressing Europe’s security challenges, said OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić earlier today after the two-day meeting drew to a close...

The SMM recorded ceasefire violations in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, some of which were assessed to be training activities...

TIRANA, 4 December 2015- Secretaries General of the Western Balkans Parliaments, who gathered in Tirana on 3 and 4 December, agreed on the need to further increase public participation in legislative processes. They also stressed that parliaments and civil society should work together to oversee the public consultation on draft legislation at all stages...

DUSHANBE, 4 December 2015 – Fifteen instructors from the national training customs institutions of Afghanistan, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan and Tajikistan concluded today a ten-day train-the-trainer course in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, organized jointly by the OSCE Border Management Staff College and the World Customs Organization’s (WCO) Programme Global Shield (PGS)...