News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Latest from the Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) in Ukraine based on information received until 26 June 2014, 18:00 (Kyiv time)
Publishing date: 27 June 2014
The situation across the country was calm. A Holocaust memorial was vandalised in Kherson region, and some internally displaced persons (IDPs) from the Roma community faced difficulty in having their housing needs met in Kharkiv. Four SMM monitors from the Luhansk team have been missing for 28 days. Four SMM monitors from the Donetsk team who had been missing for 32 days were released late on 26 June.
At second OSCE-hosted meeting, journalists’ unions adopt action plan to improve media freedom situation in and around Ukraine
Publishing date: 27 June 2014
Collections: Two Countries – One Profession: A dialogue between journalists’ organizations from Russia and Ukraine
VIENNA, 27 June 2014 – Representatives of Ukrainian and Russian journalists’ unions agreed to co-operate on steps to increase journalists’ safety and professionalism as they met again today in Vienna. The meeting was hosted by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media with the purpose to forge a plan to improve the situation for media working in and around Ukraine...
OSCE PA President welcomes release of monitors in Ukraine
Publishing date: 27 June 2014
BAKU, 27 June 2014 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ranko Krivokapic today welcomed the release of four Donetsk-based monitors from the OSCE’s Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine after they had spent 32 days in captivity...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission Donetsk-based team of four released after 32 days
Publishing date: 27 June 2014
Kyiv, June 27, 2014- The four members of the Donetsk-based monitoring team of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMMU) that went missing since late May were released late yesterday after 32 days in captivity.
OSCE PA Annual Session: Azerbaijani President, OSCE Chair, Russian Duma Chair, Ukrainian Rada Deputy Chair to feature on opening day
Publishing date: 26 June 2014
BAKU, 26 June 2014 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s most important annual gathering begins on Saturday, 28 June in Baku with addresses by senior governmental and parliamentary leaders at the center of some of the international community’s most pressing security issues...
Latest from the Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) in Ukraine based on information received until 25 June 2014, 18:00 (Kyiv time)
Publishing date: 26 June 2014
Tensions remained in parts of Donbas. The situation was calm elsewhere across the country. Several railway tracks in Donbas have been damaged by unknown perpetrators. Four SMM monitors from the Donetsk team have been missing for 31 days and four SMM monitors from the Luhansk team for 28 days. The Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus called for their release...
Latest from the Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) in Ukraine based on information received until 24 June 2014, 18:00 (Kyiv time)
Publishing date: 25 June 2014
The situation across the country was calm. Four SMM monitors from the Donetsk team have been missing for 30 days and four SMM monitors from the Luhansk team for 27 days.