News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
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 Chairperson-in-Office grateful for support in release of four monitors from Donetsk-based SMM team, calls for setting free the other team of four without delay
Publishing date: 27 June 2014
Collections: Donetsk and Luhansk-based teams of OSCE monitors released , Swiss Chairmanship takes lead in OSCE Ukraine efforts
Bern, 27 June 2014 – While expressing his gratitude to all who helped in setting four of the eight monitors of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission free, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Swiss Foreign Minister, Didier Burkhalter, he emphasized the leading role of the SMM in the efforts for the release of the four monitors from the Donetsk-based SMM team to whom contact was lost on 26 May; he thanked all participating States for their support in this regard.
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...
OSCE representative criticizes steps to further increase government control of free expression and free flow of information online in Russia
Publishing date: 25 June 2014
VIENNA, 25 June 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today criticized amendments to the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation that could further increase government control of the Internet...
Swiss Chair discusses next steps in implementing peace plan and calls for reconsolidating European security during visit in Vienna
Publishing date: 24 June 2014
Bern, June 24, 2014- Chairperson-in-Office and Swiss Minister of Foreign Affairs, Didier Burkhalter, held several bilateral talks regarding the situation in Ukraine at the margins of the OSCE Annual Security Review Conference today in Vienna.
Latest from the Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine based on information received until 23 June 2014, 18:00 (Kyiv time)
Publishing date: 24 June 2014
The situation across the country was calm except in parts of Donbas, where tensions remained. In Lviv an office of the Russian-owned ‘Sberbank’ was vandalised. Four SMM monitors from the Donetsk team have been missing for 29 days and four SMM monitors from the Luhansk team for 26 days...
Latest from the Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine based on information received until 22 June 2014, 18:00 (Kyiv time)
Publishing date: 23 June 2014
The situation across the country was calm, except in parts of Donbas, where tensions remained. Sloviansk’s ‘mayor’ warned about the risk of an ecological catastrophe affecting Ukraine and the Russian Federation. Four SMM monitors from the Donetsk team have been missing for 28 days and four SMM monitors from the Luhansk team for 25 days.