News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Ukraine in focus as OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Burkhalter opens 21st Ministerial Council in Basel
Publishing date: 4 December 2014
BASEL, Switzerland, 4 December 2014 – It is essential to preserve the OSCE as a platform for inclusive discussions and as an effective responder despite divisions in Europe over the situation in Ukraine, said the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter in his opening address at the 21st OSCE Ministerial Council in Basel...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time) 30 November 2014
Publishing date: 1 December 2014
The SMM continued to focus its observation on the implementation of the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum, including by monitoring activities of the Joint Centre for Control and Coordination (JCCC). In Makiivka, the SMM observed the offloading of three trucks of the Russian convoy coming from the Russian Federation.
Chairperson-in-Office calls for all sides to ensure security and freedom of movement of SMM monitors following shooting incidents in Ukraine
Publishing date: 27 November 2014
BERN, 27 November 2014 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter has expressed his deep concern about yesterday's shooting incident in the area of Donetsk in Ukraine...
Shutdown of independent magazine in Kazakhstan further endangers media pluralism, says OSCE Representative
Publishing date: 26 November 2014
VIENNA, 26 November 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today said that a court injunction forcing the shutdown of the weekly magazine ADAMbol in Kazakhstan poses a threat to free media in the country.
'Ball clearly in Russia’s court' to resolve Ukraine crisis, says OSCE PA President at NATO PA
Publishing date: 24 November 2014
COPENHAGEN, 24 November 2014 – It is first and foremost up to Russia to take immediate, concrete steps towards a peaceful resolution of the conflict in Ukraine, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) said today in an address at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly’s 60th Annual Session in The Hague...
High Commissioner on National Minorities highlights access to education, situation in Crimea in her statement to OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 24 November 2014
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Astrid Thors highlighted access to higher education by national minorities and human rights abuses in Crimea in her statement to the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna on 20 November 2014...
Accountability and transparency of public institutions in focus of OSCE-led seminar in Montenegro
Publishing date: 21 November 2014
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro, in co-operation with the Judicial Training Centre and the U.S. Embassy in Podgorica organized a four-day seminar from 17-20 November 2014 in Budva on the importance of public information and outreach in the Judicial, Prosecutorial, and Police institutions...