News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE trains Tajikistan border troops on patrol leadership
Publishing date: 4 September 2015
DUSHANBE, 4 September 2015 – Twenty officers from Tajik Border Troops successfully completed today a four-week training course on patrolling and leadership. It was organized by the OSCE Office’s patrol programming and leadership project in Gissar Training Centre...
Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine launches “Youth Contact Groups” Project
Publishing date: 3 September 2015
In accordance with its mandate to “Facilitate dialogue on the ground in order to reduce tensions and promote normalization of the situation” the Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine is pleased to announce the launch of the SMM ‘Youth Contact Groups' Project in Ukraine...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 2 September 2015
Publishing date: 3 September 2015
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 few ceasefire violations in Donetsk region, and none in Luhansk. The SMM spoke to police and hospital staff following an alleged ambush in Luhansk region...
OSCE, UNDP Train Border Officials from Afghanistan and Tajikistan on Border Management
Publishing date: 3 September 2015
DUSHANBE, 3 September 2015 – Twenty three representatives from border agencies of Afghanistan and Tajikistan completed today a ten-day Border Management Awareness (BMA) course at the OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe...
OSCE Secretary General stresses importance of building broad partnerships to address global security challenges at the 10th Bled Strategic Forum
Publishing date: 3 September 2015
Speaking at the annual Bled Strategic Forum held on 31 August- 1 September in Slovenia, OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier emphasized the importance of developing more effective partnerships to respond to increasingly complex and diverse challenges to international peace and security...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Dačić calls for furthering political process to resolve the crisis in and around Ukraine at meeting with high OSCE officials in Belgrade
Publishing date: 2 September 2015
BELGRADE, 2 September 2015 – The ceasefire in eastern Ukraine is one of the key conditions for furthering the political process, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić said today, after a briefing with his Special Representative in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG) Ambassador Martin Sajdik and the Chief Monitor of the Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan. OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier also attended the meeting.
OSCE think tank and academic network debates contribution to the final report of the Panel of Eminent Persons
Publishing date: 2 September 2015
Discussion of strategic ideas for re-consolidating European security as a common project was the focus of a one-day workshop organized by the OSCE Network of Think Tanks and Academic Institutions, which took place in Vienna on 1 September 2015...