News and press releases

AKTAU, western Kazakhstan, 27 July 2015 – A three-day OSCE-supported training seminar aimed to enhance the knowledge and improve the skills of law enforcement agencies in addressing transnational threats to security began today in Aktau...

“It is our responsibility to protect what binds us together and to present a united front against forces that want to reverse these positive trends by exploiting what still divides us,” said OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier at the High Level Meeting on Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue held on 22 and 23 July 2015 in Barcelona...

A seminar on the implementation of the Free Access to Information Act (FOIA), supported by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, took place on 23 July 2015 in Bijelo Polje...

At approximately 12:40hrs on 26 July, an SMM patrol comprised of two vehicles was caught in mortar and automatic grenade launcher fire while trying to cross the contact line from the “Lugansk People’s Republic” (“LPR”)-controlled side of Shchastia (20km north of Luhansk) to the government-controlled side. This crossing had been agreed and co-ordinated beforehand with both the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the “LPR”.

The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the implementation of the Minsk agreements”. Its monitoring was restricted by third parties and security considerations*. Fighting continued at and around Donetsk airport and in areas to the east and north-east of Mariupol. The SMM observed weapons’ movements in “Lugansk People’s Republic”- and in government-controlled areas, in violation of respective withdrawal lines.

The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the implementation of the Minsk agreements.” Its monitoring was restricted by third parties and security considerations*. The SMM observed that the number of ceasefire violations at and around Donetsk airport decreased. About 300 people gathered in front and inside the SMM’s location in Donetsk city centre; 30 OSCE vehicles were spray-painted with different slogans...

DUSHANBE, 24 July 2015 – A four-day training course, supported by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan, on effective public order management during mass events concluded today at the OSCE Office’s premises...