News and press releases

Kyiv, 30 December 2014- The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine provided the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SES) with 50 protective vests, 60 ballistic safety helmets and 5 laptops with software, to plan and manage humanitarian demining operations. The handover ceremony took place in the Service’s headquarters in Kyiv on 30 December 2014.

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). There were bomb explosions in Kherson and Odessa. The Lviv mayor’s residence was attacked and hit by a rocket-propelled grenade.

VIENNA, 29 December 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović urged the authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina today to do their utmost to stop persecuting journalists and to respect their right to protect their sources, following a raid by the police on the offices of Klix.ba in Sarajevo and subsequent detention of key staff...

VIENNA, 29 December 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović denounced today a recent raid on Radio Azadliq and called on the authorities to stop the ongoing intimidation of free media in Azerbaijan

BAKU, 29 December 2014 – The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku announced today the results of a contest aiming to raise awareness of the issue of domestic violence in Azerbaijan. Prizes were awarded to the best media reports on the issue written in 2014...

Enhancing skills in decision- and policy-making in environmental management was the focus of a four-day training organized for representatives of local municipalities and civil society in Armenia’s remote Syunik region on 24-27 December 2014. The event was held with the support of the OSCE Office in Yerevan’s Project Implementation Presence in Syunik...

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 monitored the simultaneous release of hostages/prisoners in Yasynuvata (18km North-East of Donetsk city).