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OSCE supports regional seminar on disposal of explosive ordnance in Central Asia

Publishing date: 25 August 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Arms control
ALMATY, 25 August 2015 – A four-day OSCE regional seminar on Advanced Explosive Ordnance Disposal- Level Four began today in Almaty, Kazakhstan...

OSCE Mission to Skopje signs Memorandum of Understanding with Bitola Municipality

Publishing date: 25 August 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Education
The OSCE Mission to Skopje and Municipality of Bitola signed a Memorandum of Understanding on raising capacities of the Local Youth Council on 25 August 2015 in Bitola...

OSCE supports trade facilitation in Central Asia and Afghanistan

Publishing date: 25 August 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Economic activities
A three-day workshop for participants from Afghanistan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan on trade facilitation instruments and challenges opened at the OSCE Office in Tajikistan on 24 August 2015...

Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 19:30 (Kyiv time), 23 August 2015

Publishing date: 24 August 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 a decrease in ceasefire violations at and around Donetsk airport. The SMM observed peaceful ceremonies on the occasion of the Day of the National Flag of Ukraine.

OSCE organizes Regional Conference on Horticultural Trade in Tashkent

Publishing date: 24 August 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Economic activities
TASHKENT, 24 August 2015 – A two-day Regional Conference “On increasing potential of horticultural trade” jointly organised by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, USAID, Uzbek Ministry of Agriculture and the Farmers’ Council of Uzbekistan, started today in Tashkent...

Co-operative water governance in focus of OSCE seminar at World Water Week in Stockholm

Publishing date: 23 August 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Disaster risk reduction, Environmental activities
STOCKHOLM, 23 August 2015 – The importance of co-operative water governance for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation and its contribution for maintaining security and stability, were the focus of a seminar held today in Stockholm in the framework of the World Water Week...

Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 19:30 (Kyiv time), 21 August 2015

Publishing date: 22 August 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 a decrease in ceasefire violations at and around Donetsk airport and a calm situation in the area east of Mariupol. The SMM did not record any ceasefire violations in the Luhansk region. The SMM observed damage caused by shelling and conducted crater analysis in several locations.