News and press releases

The overall security situation in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions remained tense. No substantive change to the situation in Donetsk city, which remains calm. Barricades on city access routes are being enlarged and strengthened. The so-called 'Donetsk People’s Republic' reported fighting in the area of Mospine (6 kilometres southeast of Donetsk).Other parts of Ukraine remained calm. The SMM has not reestablished communication with the four monitors from the Donetsk team and four monitors from the Luhansk team with whom it lost contact on 26 May and 29 May respectively...

A two-week training course for anti-terrorism instructors from Kyrgyzstan concluded on 6 June 2014 in Bishkek...

The overall security situation in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions remained tense. Donetsk city remained quiet. Fighting around Sloviansk and the south-western neighborhood of Luhansk is reported. Other parts of Ukraine remained calm. The SMM has not reestablished communication with the 4 monitors from the Donetsk team and 4 monitors from the Luhansk team, with whom it lost contact on 26 May and 29 May respectively.

BUDVA, 5 June 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed her concern about two recent criminal defamation cases in Kazakhstan and plans to expand criminal defamation in the new criminal code...

Strategies for strengthening women’s role in parliament and to advance gender equality were the focus of a study visit to Stockholm by women parliamentarians from Mongolia from 3 to 5 June 2014.

A three-day workshop for municipal officials on drafting social housing plans concluded on 4 June 2014 in Dragash/Dragaš municipality...

The last in a series of five OSCE-supported training seminars co-organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana and the Interior Ministry for police inspectors and officers on trends and challenges in preventing domestic violence took place on 5 June 2014 in Kokshetau...