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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), 14 December 2014
Publishing date: 15 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). The SMM followed up on reports concerning the closure of air traffic at Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk international airports.
Office of High Commissioner on National Minorities organizes meeting of political parties and minority representatives in Akhalkalaki, Georgia
Publishing date: 15 December 2014
The office of the High Commissioner on National Minorities organized a meeting for representatives of national minorities and political parties with the aim of supporting dialogue in Akhalkalaki, Georgia on 8 December 2014. Akhalkalaki, in Georgia’s Samtskhe Javakheti region, is densely populated by ethnic Armenians...
OSCE media freedom representative calls on authorities in Turkey to release detained journalists
Publishing date: 15 December 2014
PODGORICA, 15 December 2014 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović today wrote to Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu calling for the immediate release of detained journalists...
OSCE Representative supports media self-regulation in Montenegro, raises potential negative legal amendments
Publishing date: 15 December 2014
PODGORICA, 15 December 2014- OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today met with media representatives in Montenegro to support their work on amending the ethical code as an essential step in strengthening media self-regulation. She also met the Prime Minister of Montenegro, Milo Djukanović, to discuss the media freedom situation in the country, welcoming the constructive approach by the authorities...
OSCE supports study visit of Azerbaijani officials to the Netherlands on Holocaust education and remembrance
Publishing date: 15 December 2014
Holocaust education and remembrance are the main topics of a five-day study visit of Azerbaijani officials to the Netherlands, organized by OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku, in co-operation with the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, which will take place from 15 to 20 December 2014...
OSCE-supported report examines freedom of peaceful assembly in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 15 December 2014
BISHKEK, 15 December 2014 – A report assessing the implementation of Kyrgyzstan’s 2012 law on peaceful assembly was presented at an OSCE-organized roundtable discussion in Bishkek today...
Latest from the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) based on information received as of 12 December, 18:00 (Kyiv time)
Publishing date: 14 December 2014
The provisions of the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum as well as the activities of the Joint Centre for Control and Co-ordination (JCCC) remained at the focus of the SMM monitoring. The SMM saw damage at the Donetsk International Airport and monitored the rotation of Ukrainian army personnel based at the airport.