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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 29 January 2015
Publishing date: 30 January 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 observed military equipment and vehicles in Donetsk region...
OSCE Mission to BiH Head congratulates members of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Presidency on signing statement of dedication to reforms
Publishing date: 30 January 2015
SARAJEVO, 30 January 2015- Ambassador Jonathan Moore, Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, congratulates members of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina on signing the joint statement of dedication to reforms on the path to the European Union...
OSCE Mission to Serbia promotes results of opinion poll on citizens’ perception of the police service
Publishing date: 30 January 2015
BELGRADE, 30 January 2015 – A public survey commissioned by the OSCE Mission to Serbia and the Interior Ministry, on the perception of the police service over the past year indicates that issues such as drug addiction, corruption and organized crime, amongst others, are being perceived by the public as priorities for the police work at the national level...
OSCE Border Management Staff College hosts regional training course by World Customs Organization
Publishing date: 30 January 2015
DUSHANBE, 30 January 2015 – The OSCE Border Management Staff College hosted the World Customs Organization’s (WCO) Programme Global Shield (PGS) regional training course from 26 to 30 January 2015 in Dushanbe...
Tajik border law enforcement agencies complete risk analysis, profiling and management training course
Publishing date: 30 January 2015
DUSHANBE, 30 January 2015– Twenty-five officers from border, customs and interior agencies of Tajikistan completed today a one-week training course on risk analysis, profiling and management for combating transnational threats...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office appeals for renewed Minsk peace dialogue
Publishing date: 29 January 2015
BELGRADE, 29 January 2015- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić, this evening held a telephone conversation with his Special Representative to the Trilateral Contact Group, Ambassador Heidi Tagliavini, who briefed him on the latest developments in the implementation of the peace plan in eastern Ukraine...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 28 January 2015
Publishing date: 29 January 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 areas under control of the “Donetsk People’s Republic” (“DPR”) the SMM observed movement of unmarked military vehicles. In Luhansk the SMM observed damage caused by recent shelling...