News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Tajik border guards participate for first time at OSCE–supported simulation exercise
Publishing date: 22 July 2015
BISHKEK, 22 July, 2015 – A simulation exercise “Barrier-2015” aimed at improving co-ordination between special units of the Kyrgyz anti-terrorism agencies and to develop mechanisms to manage potential crisis situations at the borders will be held on 22 and 24 July...
ODIHR Director Link joins call for establishing 22 July as European Day for the Victims of Hate Crime and victim-centred approach to countering hate crimes
Publishing date: 22 July 2015
WARSAW, 22 July 2015 – Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), added his voice to calls for the establishment of 22 July as the European Day for the Victims of Hate Crime. The ODIHR Director stressed that efforts to counter hate crime should centre on providing support to victims...
OSCE Representative welcomes transparent process to create policy document for information security in Ukraine, presents legal analysis
Publishing date: 22 July 2015
VIENNA, 22 July 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today welcomed the transparency and openness of the process to create the draft Information Security Concept of Ukraine. She also presented a legal analysis of the document commissioned by her Office...
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 21 July 2015
Publishing date: 22 July 2015
Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both BCPs. The overall cross-border traffic increased at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs)...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 19:30 (Kyiv time), 20 July 2015
Publishing date: 21 July 2015
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*. After a volatile weekend, the SMM did not record any ceasefire violations in the monitored areas at Donetsk airport and in and around Donetsk city. The security situation in Luhansk region remained relatively calm. The SMM followed up on one explosion having occurred in the night of 19-20 July in Odessa. Activities of the Right Sector noticeably decreased across Ukraine.
Today's agreement on withdrawal of weapons gives boost to the whole process, says OSCE CiO Dacic after meeting with the Trilateral Contact Group in Minsk
Publishing date: 21 July 2015
MINSK, 21 July 2015 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić, has stressed the need to seize the momentum of today's agreement on the withdrawal of tanks and certain weapons under 100 mm calibre for further advancement of the process during his first visit to Minsk today.
OSCE supports training seminar on use of e-money and crypto currency in combating money laundering and financing of terrorism
Publishing date: 21 July 2015
ASTANA, 21 July 2015- A two-day training seminar on the risks associated with the use of electronic money and crypto currency in the context of combating money laundering and the financing of terrorism started today in Astana. The event was co-organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Astana and the Committee of Financial Monitoring under the Ministry of Finance of Kazakhstan...