News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Afghan border officials attend train-the-trainer course at the OSCE Border Management Staff College
Publishing date: 10 April 2015
DUSHANBE, 10 April 2015 – Twelve instructors from the Border Police of Afghanistan today completed an eleven-day Train-the-Trainer course at the OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe.
Weekly update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 10:00 (Moscow time), 8 April 2015
Publishing date: 9 April 2015
KAMENSK-SHAKHTINSKIY, Russian Federation, 9 April 2015. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both BCPs. The overall cross-border traffic slightly decreased at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs)...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 8 April 2015
Publishing date: 9 April 2015
The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the Implementation of the Minsk agreements” which was restricted by third parties and by security considerations*. The SMM observed ceasefire violations in the Donetsk region, especially around Donetsk airport, while in the area of Shyrokyne it observed sporadic mortar and small-arms and light-weapons exchanges. The SMM revisited three “DPR” and four Ukrainian Armed Forces heavy weapons holding areas...
Cyprus bill to criminalize denial of war crimes may hamper free expression, says OSCE Representative
Publishing date: 9 April 2015
VIENNA, 9 April 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović expressed concern today that the Parliament of Cyprus approved a measure criminalizing the denial of war crimes...
On 21st anniversary of Dada Vujasinović’s death, OSCE Representative calls for justice for all slain journalists
Publishing date: 9 April 2015
VIENNA, 9 April 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today welcomed the announcement of a new forensic investigation into the death of Serbian journalist Dada Vujasinović, who was found dead in her apartment this day 21 years ago. Mijatović also called on the authorities to fully investigate this and all other killings of journalists...
OSCE Representative condemns severe cyberattack on France’s TV5Monde
Publishing date: 9 April 2015
VIENNA, 9 April 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today strongly condemned a serious cyberattack on the French television network TV5Monde which blocked their television broadcasts, websites and social networks for several hours...
OSCE affirms political process as way forward in solving crisis in Ukraine
Publishing date: 8 April 2015
Collections: Serbian OSCE Chairmanship’s work in resolving the crisis in and around Ukraine, Kompilacija svih vesti i novosti o naporima predsedavanja Srbije ka rešavanju situacije u Ukrajini
BELGRADE, 8 April 2015 – OSCE’s Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić, Secretary General Lamberto Zannier, Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan, and OSCE Envoy to the Trilateral Contact Group Ambassador Heidi Tagliavini, met today in Belgrade to plan further steps in responding to crisis in Ukraine...