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, 26 November 2015
Publishing date: 27 November 2015
The SMM recorded a total of 58 explosions in specific areas in Donetsk and Luhansk region. It also conducted monitoring activity for preparation of demining work. The SMM continued to observe long queues of civilian vehicles waiting at government checkpoints at the contact line and at border crossing points between Ukraine and the Russian Federation...
OSCE trains women from Central Asia in advancing their career opportunities in the water sector
Publishing date: 27 November 2015
COPENHAGEN, 27 November 2015 – A one-week training course for female water professionals from Central Asia, jointly organized by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA) and the OSCE Gender Section, in co-operation with the Women’s Water Initiative, concluded today in Copenhagen...
OSCE workshop for penitentiary servants in Armenia highlights importance of providing social assistance to convicts
Publishing date: 27 November 2015
TSAKHKADZOR, Armenia, 27 November 2015 – A two-day workshop for enhancing the work of penitentiary servants involved in providing social assistance to, and in the rehabilitation of convicts started today in Tsakhkadzor, Armenia. The workshop is organized by the OSCE Office in Yerevan and the Penitentiary Department of Armenia’s Justice Ministry...
OSCE Representative condemns arrest of journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül, urges Turkey not to proceed with charges
Publishing date: 27 November 2015
VIENNA, 27 November 2015 – Criminal charges of life imprisonment against journalists further degrades an already critical media freedom situation in Turkey, Dunja Mijatović, OSCE media freedom representative said today, amid arrests of two prominent investigative journalists of the daily Cumhuriyet...
OSCE supports national forum of defence lawyers in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 27 November 2015
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 27 November 2015 – The OSCE-supported national forum of defence lawyers, held today in Almaty, focused on the balance of the prosecution and defence in ensuring the rule of law...
Women, peace and security in focus at OSCE-supported roundtable in Astana
Publishing date: 27 November 2015
An OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on implementing UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 on women, peace and security in Kazakhstan began on 27 November 2015 in Astana...
OSCE seminar in Turkmenistan focuses on measures to prevent terrorists from crossing borders undetected under false identities
Publishing date: 27 November 2015
ASHGABAT, 27 November 2015 – A two-day workshop on tools and templates for joining the Public Key Directory (PKD) of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) concluded today in Ashgabat, with the aim of enhancing local capacities in preventing terrorists crossing borders undetected using false identities...