News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Arrest of journalist latest case of crackdown of free media in Azerbaijan, says OSCE Representative
Publishing date: 5 December 2014
BASEL, Switzerland, 5 December 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today condemned the arrest of Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismailova...
Journalists’ protection of sources must be safeguarded, OSCE Representative says following probe in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 5 December 2014
BASEL, 5 December 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today called on the authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina to improve journalists’ rights following a probe launched to identify confidential sources...
OSCE Mission concludes training for responders to domestic violence in Kosovo
Publishing date: 5 December 2014
The last in a series of five workshops on standard operating procedures for protecting people from domestic violence concluded in Prishtinë/Priština on 5 December 2014. The workshops, organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo and the Kosovo Agency for Gender Equality, have trained a total of 200 police officers, social workers, victims’ advocates, doctors, shelters’ staff, teachers, judges, and prosecutors...
OSCE Think Tank Network, in Basel, presents study on field operations
Publishing date: 5 December 2014
The OSCE Network of Think Tanks and Academic Institutions presented its recent study, The Future of OSCE Field Operations (Options), at a side event during the 2014 OSCE Parallel Civil Society Conference in Basel on 3 December...
Summary by the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Didier Burkhalter of the first day of discussions at the OSCE Ministerial Council
Publishing date: 5 December 2014
BASEL, Switzerland, 5 December 2014- OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter summarized the discussions of the first day at the OSCE 21st Ministerial Council in Basel, noting that OSCE Foreign Ministers are meeting against the backdrop of one of the worst crises in the Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian area since the end of the Cold War...
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) 1 December 2014
Publishing date: 2 December 2014
The SMM continued to monitor the implementation of the provisions of the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum and the work of the Joint Centre for Control and Co-ordination (JCCC). The SMM attempted to facilitate a ceasefire to connect Staromikhailivka (22km W of Donetsk) to electric power, but had to leave due to security reasons.