News and press releases

The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the Implementation of the Minsk agreements”. The SMM, based on its monitoring – which was restricted by third parties and by security considerations* – observed that fighting continued in areas around the Donetsk airport and Shyrokyne...

On the eve of the International Day of Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, observed throughout the world on 4 April, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator released two new publications designed to help Ukrainian authorities better protect civilians from explosive remnants of past military conflicts, as well as from current challenges posed by conflict in the eastern regions of the country...

The OSCE Programme Office in Astana and the Legislative and Judicial Reform Committee of the Mazhilis (lower chamber of the Parliament) with support of Kazakhstan’s Foreign Ministry and Embassy of Belgium in Kazakhstan co-organized a study visit to Belgium from 1 to 4 April 2015...

DUSHANBE, 3 April 2015 – Twenty-six officers from Tajik law enforcement agencies completed today a week-long OSCE training course in Dushanbe on operational crisis management. The training was held in the Institute for Advanced Studies of the Customs Service under the Government of Tajikistan.

DUSHANBE, 3 April 2015 – The first five-day regional Explosive Hazards Awareness and Reduction course facilitated by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan concluded in Dushanbe today...

Two two-day workshops organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan on development of anti-corruption strategies for civil society on 30-31 March and government officials on 2-3 April 2015 took place in Dushanbe...

On 02 April 2015 at 07:34hrs (Moscow time), a Russian convoy arrived at the Donetsk Border Crossing Point (BCP). A total of 42 vehicles were checked by the Russian border guard and customs services. All the vehicles had crossed back into the Russian Federation by 14:56hrs on 02 April...