News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Women need a role in conflict resolution and peace-building efforts in Ukraine, says OSCE’s Senior Gender Adviser
Publishing date: 5 February 2015
KYIV, 5 February 2015 – Enhancing the participation of women in conflict resolution and peace-building efforts is key to achieving security and stability in Ukraine, said the OSCE’s Senior Adviser on Gender Issues, Ambassador Miroslava Beham, as she concluded a four-day visit to Ukraine in which she met representatives of government, international organizations and civil society...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 4 February 2014
Publishing date: 5 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). The SMM was informed by the regional police in Dnepropetrovsk of two explosions which had occurred in the city on 3 and 4 February...
New law devastating for free expression and free media on the Internet in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mijatović says
Publishing date: 5 February 2015
VIENNA, 5 February 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today denounced a new law adopted in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, which criminalizes social media postings that disrupt social order, despite her earlier warnings against it...
Ukraine in focus, as OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and SMM Chief Monitor headline PA Winter Meeting
Publishing date: 5 February 2015
COPENHAGEN, 5 February 2015 – The escalating crisis in and around Ukraine and the OSCE’s continuing efforts to help resolve it will be the focus of parliamentary debate and keynote presentations at the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Winter Meeting, held on 18-20 February at the Hofburg Congress Centre in Vienna...
Head of OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine on creation of humanitarian corridor in eastern Ukraine
Publishing date: 4 February 2015
KYIV, 4 February 2015- Indiscriminate shelling around Debaltseve and other areas in eastern Ukraine has intensified, forcing innocent civilians to flee their homes. Many of them are in mortal danger.
OSCE holds brainstorming session on enhancing OSCE efforts to promote tolerance, non-discrimination and dialogue to counter radicalization and extremism
Publishing date: 4 February 2015
Vienna, 4 February 2015 – At the initiative of OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier, delegations of OSCE participating States and Partners for Co-operation held an open-ended brainstorming session on ways to strengthen OSCE efforts to promote tolerance, non-discrimination and dialogue and to mobilise its tools and resources to address the growing challenge of violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism.
Weekly update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 10:00 (Moscow time), 4 February 2015
Publishing date: 4 February 2015
Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both BCPs. Overall cross-border traffic flows slightly increased at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). The OM continued to observe a number of persons in military-style clothing crossing the border in both directions...