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, 1 November 2015
Publishing date: 2 November 2015
The SMM recorded a sharp increase in the number of ceasefire violations at and around Donetsk airport on 1 November...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine alerts public of dangers of trafficking in human beings
Publishing date: 2 November 2015
From 1 November 2015 city lights and billboards at bus and railway stations in 24 major cities across Ukraine, including the capital Kyiv, are featuring posters warning the public about the traps used by human traffickers to lure their victims. The posters are part of a national anti-trafficking awareness-raising campaign launched with the support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine...
OSCE Office supports discussion on challenges of community policing and its development in Armenia
Publishing date: 2 November 2015
The OSCE Office in Yerevan, in co-operation with the Armenian Police, on 2-3 November 2015, organized a roundtable discussion in Tsaghkadzor, Kotayk region, to wrap up a two-year project on facilitating community policing development in Armenia, which was implemented by the National Centre for Legal Research NGO...
Elections in Turkey offered voters variety of choices, but process was hindered by challenging security environment, incidents of violence and restrictions against media, international election observers say
Publishing date: 2 November 2015
ANKARA, 2 November 2015 – The 1 November early parliamentary elections in Turkey offered voters a variety of choices. At the same time, the challenging security environment, particularly in the southeast of the country, coupled with a high number of violent incidents, including attacks against party members, premises and campaign staff, hindered contestants’ ability to campaign freely, international observers said in a statement issued today. Restrictions on media freedom remain a serious concern, the observers said...
OSCE Representative mourns death of prominent media freedom advocate Ronald Koven
Publishing date: 2 November 2015
VIENNA, 2 November 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed deep sorrow following the death of Ronald Koven who passed away on 30 October 2015...
OSCE-supported training course focuses on economic empowerment of women in Montenegro’s Bijelo Polje municipality
Publishing date: 2 November 2015
The economic empowerment of unemployed women in Montenegro’s municipality of Bijelo Polje was the topic of a training course on 30-31 October 2015 supported by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro...
On International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, OSCE Representative calls on participating States to step up their investigations
Publishing date: 2 November 2015
VIENNA, 2 November 2015 – On the occasion of International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today called on OSCE participating States to investigate all attacks on journalists thoroughly and to prosecute those who commit crimes against members of the media...