News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 19:30 (Kyiv time), 21 May 2015
Publishing date: 22 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 significant caution regarding security considerations*. The SMM observed continuing ceasefire violations at and around Donetsk airport and Shyrokyne...
OSCE Special Representative travels to eastern Ukraine to raise awareness of human trafficking in crisis situations
Publishing date: 22 May 2015
DNEPROPETROVSK, Ukraine 22 May 2015 – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Ambassador Madina Jarbussynova, highlighted the risks of modern day slavery in crisis situations during a week-long visit to eastern Ukraine.
OSCE Programme Office supports discussion on energy efficiency at VIII Astana Economic Forum
Publishing date: 22 May 2015
An OSCE-supported discussion on energy efficiency as the basis for green technologies and a low-carbon economy took place as a side event to the part of the VIII Astana Economic Forum in Astana, Kazakhstan on 22 May 2015...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator and Ukraine Parliament Committee on Judicial Policy and Justice agree to co-operate on legislation in justice and elections
Publishing date: 22 May 2015
Kyiv, 21 May 2015- OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine Vaidotas Verba and Ruslan Kniazevych on behalf of Verkhovna Rada’s Committee on Judicial Policy and Justice, signed a memorandum of co-operation on 21 May 2015. The document provides for the development and joint implementation of projects that would help parliamentarians draft and adopt laws, strengthening the rule of law in Ukraine.
Chairperson Dačić appeals for continuous, constructive dialogue as the only way forward in Skopje
Publishing date: 21 May 2015
BELGRADE, 21 May 2015 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić, today met with his Special Representative for the Western Balkans Ambassador Gérard Stoudmann, following the ambassador’s visit to Skopje last week. Stoudmann informed Dačić about the discussions he had in Skopje with representatives of the government, political parties and NGOs, with the focus on the ongoing process of talks among Macedonian politicians aimed at overcoming the differences and finding a common ground.
Spot Report by OSCE Observer Mission: A twenty sixth Russian convoy of 51 vehicles crossed into Ukraine and returned back through the Donetsk Border Crossing Point
Publishing date: 21 May 2015
On 21 May 2015 at 07:10hrs (Moscow time), a Russian convoy arrived at the Donetsk Border Crossing Point (BCP). A total of 51 vehicles were checked by the Russian border guard and customs services. All the vehicles had crossed back into the Russian Federation by 15:00hrs on 21 May.
OSCE seminar in Turkmenistan aimed at preventing terrorists crossing borders
Publishing date: 21 May 2015
A two-day seminar focusing on the use of a technologically advanced passport verification system, the International Civil Aviation Organization’ Public Key Directory (ICAO PKD), concluded in Ashgabat on 20 May 2015...