News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE trains Montenegrin municipalities on gender responsive budgeting
Publishing date: 24 June 2015
PODGORICA, 24 June 2015 – The OSCE Mission to Montenegro today concluded a three-day training course on gender responsive budgeting for members of the Municipal Gender Focal Point Network...
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 23 June 2015
Publishing date: 23 June 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)...
OSCE media freedom representative condemns killing of journalist in Poland
Publishing date: 23 June 2015
BONN, Germany, 23 June 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today strongly condemned the recent killing of the Polish journalist Łukasz Masiak. Mijatović also expressed her sincere condolences to Masiak’s family and colleagues...
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Annual Session to mark Organization’s founding in Helsinki birthplace
Publishing date: 23 June 2015
COPENHAGEN, 23 June 2015 – Nearly 300 lawmakers from more than 50 states in the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe will return to the OSCE’s Finnish birthplace next month to mark the 40th anniversary of the Organization’s founding and address some of today’s most pressing security issues at the 2015 Annual Session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 19:30 (Kyiv time), 22 June 2015
Publishing date: 23 June 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*. The situation at and around the Donetsk airport was tense. The SMM observed ceasefire violations in several locations in the Luhansk region...
Safety of journalists must be ensured at all times, OSCE Representative says, following attacks on journalists in Armenia
Publishing date: 23 June 2015
BONN, Germany, 23 June 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today said journalists’ safety must be ensured at all times, following recent incidents and coercive actions by police against journalists covering public protest in Yerevan, Armenia...
Presidential election in Uzbekistan lacked genuine competition and contravened the rule of law, says OSCE/ODIHR report, recommends measures to bring process in line with OSCE commitments
Publishing date: 23 June 2015
The final report by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on the 29 March 2015 presidential election in Uzbekistan recommends a comprehensive review of the legal framework well in advance of the next election to bring it in accordance with OSCE commitments and other international obligations and standards for democratic elections...