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Report on Roma and Sinti youth released at OSCE/ODIHR event in Warsaw

Publishing date: 1 October 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Roma and Sinti, Youth
Roma and Sinti youth have the potential to become active and engaged citizens, according to the new report Activism, Participation and Security among Roma and Sinti Youth, launched on 1 October 2015 during the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw.

OSCE Representative welcomes law on transparency of media ownership in Ukraine as it comes into force

Publishing date: 1 October 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 1 October 2015 – A new law with the aim of ensuring transparency of media ownership in Ukraine was today welcomed by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović...

Spot Report by OSCE Observer Mission: A thirty-ninth Russian convoy of 53 vehicles crossed into Ukraine and returned back through Donetsk Border Crossing Point

Publishing date: 30 September 2015
Content type: Spot report
Where we are: OSCE Observer Mission at the Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk (discontinued)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
On 30 September 2015 at 06:45hrs (Moscow time), a Russian convoy arrived at the Donetsk Border Crossing Point (BCP). A total of 53 vehicles were checked by the Russian border guard and customs services. All the vehicles had crossed back into the Russian Federation by 15:35hrs on 30 September...

OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities supports knowledge-sharing on multilingual education in South Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 30 September 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Education, National minority issues
SHYMKENT, Kazakhstan, 30 September 2015 – The benefits of multilingual education was the focus of a two-day conference co-organized by the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Astrid Thors, which ended today in Shymkent, Kazakhstan. The conference brought together more than 500 participants from Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan...

Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine welcomes agreement on withdrawal of heavy weapons and military equipment

Publishing date: 30 September 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
KYIV, 30 September 2015- Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, Ertugrul Apakan today welcomed the agreement on the withdrawal in eastern Ukraine of tanks and artillery pieces with calibre up to 100 mm and mortars with calibre up to 120 mm (inclusive)...

OSCE autumn school on criminal process aims at enhancing education in Ukraine’s law schools

Publishing date: 30 September 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Education
An autumn school in Lviv was organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) from 30 September to 2 October 2015 for law professors from 16 universities across Ukraine with the aim of highlighting the current trends and methodologies on educating criminal procedure law...

Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 29 September 2015

Publishing date: 30 September 2015
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the implementation of the Minsk agreements”. Its monitoring was restricted by the parties and security considerations. The SMM observed no ceasefire violations at and around the Donetsk airport. Several ceasefire violations were recorded elsewhere in Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The SMM chaired the twelfth meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG) Working Group on Security Issues in Minsk.