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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE PA President expresses outrage, calls for justice following murder of Boris Nemtsov
Publishing date: 28 February 2015
COPENHAGEN, 28 February 2015 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) today issued the following statement on the murder of Russian opposition leader and former First Deputy Prime Minister Boris Nemtsov on Friday night in Moscow:
Press Release by European Union External Action Service: Call between HRVP Federica Mogherini and OSCE CiO Ivica Dačić
Publishing date: 27 February 2015
BRUSSELS, 27 February 2015 – Federica Mogherini, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission, spoke on the phone today with the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbia’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić.
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 26 February 2015
Publishing date: 27 February 2015
The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the Implementation of the Minsk agreements”. The SMM monitored movement of heavy weapons in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions.
Good faith must continue in observing Minsk Package deal, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office urges
Publishing date: 27 February 2015
VIENNA, 27 February 2015 – All sides in eastern Ukraine must continue to fulfil in good faith their obligations under the Minsk Package of Measures, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić said today in Vienna following a meeting with the OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier and the permanent representatives of the two other Troika members – Ambassadors Thomas Greminger of Switzerland and Rüdiger Lüdeking of Germany.
Wiretapping of Macedonian journalists unacceptable, OSCE Representative says, calls for swift investigation
Publishing date: 27 February 2015
VIENNA, 27 February 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today urged a swift investigation of the wiretapping of Macedonian journalists...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes U.S. rules on net neutrality that support a free and open Internet
Publishing date: 27 February 2015
VIENNA, 27 February 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today welcomed new rules adopted by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to protect an open Internet...
Journalists in Slovenia should not face criminal charges for their work, OSCE Representative says
Publishing date: 27 February 2015
VIENNA, 27 February 2015 – Slovenian authorities should amend provisions in the Criminal Code allowing for the prosecution of journalists, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović said today, following questioning of two journalists by the state public prosecutor in a defamation case...