News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairperson Dačić commends Government’s reform agenda as he visits Mission to Montenegro
Publishing date: 17 February 2015
Collections: 2015 OSCE Chairperson-in-Office visits the Western Balkans, Posete zapadnom Balkanu predsedavajućeg OEBS-u u 2015. godini
PODGORICA, 17 February 2015 – OSCE Chairperson in Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić today conveyed his full support for the Government’s reforms and commended progress achieved towards the country’s strategic objective of Euro-Atlantic integration, urging it to make the most of OSCE support in key areas such as rule of law, justice and combating corruption and organized crime...
OSCE/ODIHR Director Link condemns terrorist attacks in Copenhagen, calls for greater efforts by governments to meet security needs of Jewish communities and protect freedom of speech
Publishing date: 16 February 2015
WARSAW, 16 February 2015 – Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), today condemned attacks that killed a security guard at a synagogue and a participant in a freedom of speech event in Copenhagen on Saturday...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office urges all sides to refrain from actions that might endanger ceasefire in eastern Ukraine
Publishing date: 16 February 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, 16 February 2015 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbia's Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić today strongly urged all sides to refrain from any action that might endanger the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, which came into effect on 15 February 2015...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 15 February 2015
Publishing date: 16 February 2015
The SMM began monitoring the implementation of the “Package of measures for the Implementation of the Minsk agreements”. The SMM monitored the ceasefire which commenced at 00:00hrs on 15 February. It observed that the ceasefire has been adhered to despite some incidents in Sievierodonetsk (90km north-west of Luhansk, government-controlled), Luhansk, Debaltseve (80km north of Donetsk) and in Donetsk city...
OSCE PA President calls for strict adherence to Ukraine ceasefire, deplores Debaltseve fighting
Publishing date: 16 February 2015
COPENHAGEN, 16 February 2015 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) today urged all sides in the Ukraine conflict to adhere strictly to the ceasefire and expressed deep concern about the continuation of fighting in areas of eastern Ukraine, particularly around the town of Debaltseve...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office strongly condemns Copenhagen attacks, calls for stepped-up efforts to protect tolerance and democracy
Publishing date: 16 February 2015
BELGRADE, 16 February 2015- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbia's Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić, on Sunday strongly condemned the attacks on participants of the event “Art, freedom of speech and blasphemy” and on a synagogue in Copenhagen, that resulted in a death of two civilians and injury of five policemen, and offered his condolences to the families of the victims.
Spot Report by Observer Mission at Russian checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk: Russian convoy of 86 vehicles crossed into Ukraine and returned back through the Donetsk Border Crossing Point
Publishing date: 15 February 2015
On 15 February 2015 at 07:50hrs (Moscow time), a Russian convoy arrived at the Donetsk Border Crossing Point (BCP). A total of 86 vehicles were inspected by the Russian border guard and customs services. All the vehicles crossed back into the Russian Federation (RF) at 19:22hrs on February 15...