News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Representative condemns attacks and threats against journalists in Croatia, welcomes quick arrests
Publishing date: 29 May 2015
VIENNA, 29 May 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today condemned recent attacks and threats on Croatian journalists...
OSCE Mission to Moldova launches Human Rights Club meetings for 2015
Publishing date: 29 May 2015
CHISINAU, 29 May 2015 – The OSCE Mission to Moldova today held the first in a series of meetings of the Human Rights Club for lawyers from both banks of the Dniestr/Nistru River. The event marked the beginning of a year-long project to maintain dialogue among local legal professionals from both banks and to support the development of civil society.
OSCE promotes good governance principles in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 29 May 2015
ASHGABAT, 29 May 2015 – National Risk Assessment (NRA) system for countering money-laundering and financing of terrorism was the focus of an OSCE-organized case study exercise that concluded in Ashgabat today...
Stronger OSCE field presence, civil society co-operation and human rights focus recommended at PA seminar
Publishing date: 29 May 2015
COPENHAGEN, 28 May 2015 – The OSCE needs a strengthened presence on the ground, closer co-operation with civil society and a rededication to human rights commitments to help realize its goal of achieving comprehensive security, said participants in the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Helsinki +40 seminar today in Belgrade. (PHOTOS available here.)...
ODIHR Director Link welcomes Nebraska legislature vote abolishing capital punishment
Publishing date: 28 May 2015
WARSAW, 28 May 2015 – Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today commended the legislature of Nebraska for voting to abolish the death penalty in that U.S. state...
Spot Report by OSCE Observer Mission: A twenty seventh Russian convoy of 50 vehicles crossed into Ukraine and returned back through the Donetsk Border Crossing Point
Publishing date: 28 May 2015
On 28 May 2015 at 07:00hrs (Moscow time), a Russian convoy arrived at the Donetsk Border Crossing Point (BCP). A total of 50 vehicles were checked by the Russian border guard and customs services. All the vehicles had crossed back into the Russian Federation by 15:10hrs on 28 May...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 19:30 (Kyiv time), 27 May 2015
Publishing date: 28 May 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 SMM confirmed the deaths of three persons by shelling in Horlivka and saw damage consistent with an artillery strike. The number of ceasefire violations decreased in areas around Donetsk airport. A suspected signal mine exploded within 5 metres of an SMM vehicle close to government-controlled Andriivka (30km north of Mariupol). Due to security considerations, the SMM were unable to travel to Shyrokyne...