News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Joint Statement by the OSCE Secretary General and the OSCE Chief Monitor in Ukraine on the implementation of the Minsk package
Publishing date: 13 February 2015
KYIV, 13 February 2015 – OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier and Head of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine Ertugrul Apakan today issued a joint statement in Kyiv on the implementation of the Minsk package of measures agreed yesterday by the Trilateral Contact Group...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 12 February 2015
Publishing date: 13 February 2015
The SMM continued to monitor the implementation of the provisions of the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum and the work of the Joint Centre for Control and Co-ordination (JCCC). In the cities of Donetsk and Luhansk the SMM visited areas impacted by recent shelling...
Turkmenistan officials discuss legal reform during OSCE-supported visit to the Netherlands
Publishing date: 13 February 2015
THE HAGUE, 13 February 2015 – Four senior representatives of law-making and law-enforcement bodies from Turkmenistan today concluded a five-day OSCE-supported visit to The Hague that focused on best practices in criminal justice reform. Representatives of the Mejlis (Parliament), Supreme Court, Justice Ministry and the General Prosecutor’s Office got a comprehensive overview of the legal reform process and its implementation stages...
OSCE Representative welcomes release of journalist in Uzbekistan; calls for all journalists to be freed
Publishing date: 13 February 2015
VIENNA, 13 February 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today welcomed the release of journalist Hairullo Khamidov, who has been imprisoned since 2010, and said the authorities should free all detained journalists in Uzbekistan...
OSCE/ODIHR Director Link says Office is ready to observe local elections in eastern Ukraine
Publishing date: 12 February 2015
WARSAW, 12 February 2015 – Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) said today that his Office is ready to observe local elections that could be held as part of the ceasefire agreement on eastern Ukraine reached in Minsk...
OSCE/ODIHR event emphasizes civil society's vital role in countering hate crime
Publishing date: 12 February 2015
Hate crime awareness and recognition were the focus of a training event for Polish civil society activists organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw on 11 and 12 February 2015.
OSCE PA President meets Russian State Duma Chair Naryshkin in Moscow
Publishing date: 12 February 2015
COPENHAGEN, 12 February 2015 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) met today with Russian State Duma Chairperson Sergey Naryshkin in Moscow for talks that focused on Russia’s role in international efforts to resolve the crisis in and around Ukraine...