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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 250/2019 issued on 22 October 2019
Publishing date: 22 October 2019
Summary Compared with the previous 24 hours, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The Mission saw damage from gunfire to residential properties in non-government-controlled Dokuchaievsk. Inside the Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area, the SMM continued
OSCE Representative Désir strongly condemns jailing of Donetsk journalist Aseev, reiterates call for immediate release of all journalists in region
Publishing date: 22 October 2019
VIENNA, 22 October 2019 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, today strongly condemned the imprisonment of Ukrainian journalist, writer and blogger Stanislav Aseev, who goes by the pen name Vasin...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 249/2019 issued on 21 October 2019
Publishing date: 21 October 2019
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, between the evenings of 18 and 19 October, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations both in Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Between the evenings of 19 and 20 October, the Mission recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and more in
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 248/2019 issued on 19 October 2019
Publishing date: 19 October 2019
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations both in Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The Mission saw damage to a functioning school in non-government-controlled Oleksandrivka. Inside the Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area, the SMM saw workers from
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 247/2019 issued on 18 October 2019
Publishing date: 18 October 2019
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded a similar number of ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and fewer ceasefire violations in Luhansk region. The SMM followed up on reports of a boy injured due exploding ammunition in the Budonivskyi district of
Freedom of expression and prevention of disinformation in Kazakhstan focus of OSCE-organized workshop
Publishing date: 18 October 2019
A seminar on the protection of freedom of expression and policies to counter disinformation and fake news on the Internet, took place on 18 October 2019 in Nur-Sultan. The event was supported by the OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan and co-organized with the International Centre for Journalism MediaNet.
Spot Report by OSCE Observer Mission: 85th Russian convoy of 12 vehicles crossed into Ukraine And returned through the Donetsk Border Crossing Point
Publishing date: 17 October 2019
On 17 October at 07:22 (Moscow time), the eighty-fifth Russian convoy arrived at the Donetsk Border Crossing Point (BCP). A total of 12 vehicles were checked by Russian Federation border guards and customs officers prior to their crossing into Ukraine. All 12 vehicles had crossed back into the Russian Federation by 15:00 on 17 October...