News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Spot report by the OSCE Observer Mission at the Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk, 22 August 2014: Russian humanitarian aid trucks departed from the Donetsk Border Crossing Point without ICRC’s escort
Publishing date: 22 August 2014
DONETSK CHECKPOINT, Russian Federation, 22 August 2014- Today at 12:08 local time the first 34 trucks, which had been inspected during the previous day, started to move and crossed the Russian-Ukrainian border without escort of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)...
OSCE representative calls on Russian authorities to fight impunity and ensure journalists’ safety following attack on journalist in Dagestan
Publishing date: 21 August 2014
VIENNA, 21 August 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today called on the authorities in the Russian Federation to ensure journalists’ safety following yesterday’s attack on journalist Magomed Khanmagomedov in Dagestan...
Weekly update from the OSCE Observer Mission at the Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk, for the period 13–19 August 2014
Publishing date: 20 August 2014
KAMENSK-SHAKHTINSKY, Russian Federation, 20 August 2014- The Observer Mission (OM) reached full operational capacity and almost completed the replacement of temporary mission members. Observation at the Border Crossing-Points is conducted every day in three eight-hour shifts. Cross-border traffic flow decreased at both Border Crossing-Points, predominantly into the Russian Federation. The OM received reports from people fleeing from Ukraine about the dire situation in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions. The report covers increased Russian military activity in the vicinity of the Border Crossing-Points...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 18 August 2014
Publishing date: 19 August 2014
Fighting in the north-eastern part of the Donetsk region and the south-eastern part of the Luhansk region continued. The SMM visited Mariupol – an industrial port city in the south of the Donetsk region – and found the situation to be calm. The SMM was informed that some internally displaced persons (IDPs) from the Donetsk and Luhansk regions are moving to Crimea...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 17 August 2014
Publishing date: 18 August 2014
In Kharkiv the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) arrested a group accused of organizing terrorist attacks in the region. Internally displaced persons (IDPs) described the impact of the conflict in the town of Pervomaisk, Luhansk Region. Protests against mobilization continued in Chernivitsi...
OSCE, Swiss Customs support Kyrgyz Customs Service in assessing its risk management system
Publishing date: 14 August 2014
BISHKEK, 14 August 2014 – Representatives of Switzerland’s Federal Customs Administration of (FCA) started a two-week official visit to Bishkek today, with the support of the OSCE to examine the functioning of the risk management system of the State Customs Service of the Kyrgyz Republic...
Weekly update from the OSCE Observer Mission at the Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk, for the period 6–12 August 2014
Publishing date: 13 August 2014
KAMENSK-SHAKHTINSKY, Russian Federation, 13 August 2014- The Observer Mission (OM) has reached full operational capacity. This report details the observation at the border crossing points, the opening of Gukovo border crossing point, increased Russian military activity at the border and developments regarding the return of the last five Ukrainian officers to Ukraine...