News and press releases

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 was unable to monitor in Shyrokyne due to security considerations. The SMM unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) spotted tanks and firing positions on both sides of the contact line...

On 5 and 6 June 2015, the OSCE Mission to Moldova held a seminar for civil society representatives from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River. The event took place in Vadul lui Vodă, a town by the river, and provided participants with the opportunity to develop their advocacy and awareness-raising skills in order to tackle local-level problems and promote social change in their communities...

KYIV, 9 June 2015 – The concluding meeting of the project “Assessment of Environmental Risks in the Exclusion Zone along the Ukrainian and Belarusian Borders” was organized by the OCEEA on 9 June in Kyiv...

The OSCE Mission in Kosovo and the OSCE Mission to Serbia will organize a Summer Dialogue Academy 2015 as part of the “Follow Us” initiative, which gathers prominent women from Belgrade and Prishtinë/Pristina...

The lawmaking process in Georgia should be more flexible, transparent and inclusive, said an assessment report prepared by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), and presented at a meeting organized jointly with the Parliament of Georgia in Tbilisi, on 9 June 2015.

VIENNA, 9 June 2015 – Bosnia and Herzegovina, which took up the Chairmanship of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers, will work to intensify co-operation between the Council of Europe and the OSCE, said the country’s foreign minister Igor Crnadak as he addressed the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna today...

OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Astrid Thors visited Turkmenistan from 3 to 5 June 2015, where she discussed a wide range of issues, including the ongoing constitutional and education reforms, the situation of national minorities, and regional security threats and challenges. In her