News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Media Freedom Representative expresses hope that all who perpetrated and ordered the murder of Pavlo Sheremet in Ukraine are brought to justice
Publishing date: 13 December 2019
VIENNA, 13 December 2019 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, expressed his hope that the perpetrators of, and masterminds behind, the murder of the journalist Pavlo Sheremet will soon be identified and brought to justice, after the Ukrainian authorities declared five persons to be suspects...
A full and comprehensive ceasefire crucial for success and implementation of security measures, says OSCE SMM Chief Monitor to OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 13 December 2019
VIENNA, 13 December 2019- The commitment undertaken at the Normandy Four Summit in Paris to achieve a full and comprehensive implementation of the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine by the end of 2019 is encouraging, said OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Chief Monitor, Yaşar Halit Çevik, in his address to the OSCE Permanent Council yesterday in Vienna...
Proactive approach to targeting transnational organized crime focus of OSCE regional workshop in Kyiv
Publishing date: 13 December 2019
An OSCE regional training workshop dedicated to proactive and intelligence-led approaches to targeting transnational organized crime groups took place on 12 and 13 December 2019 in Kyiv, Ukraine...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 294/2019 issued on 12 December 2019
Publishing date: 12 December 2019
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and more in Luhansk region. The SMM continued monitoring the situation in the disengagement areas near Petrivske, Zolote and Stanytsia Luhanska. It recorded ceasefire violations near
Spot Report by OSCE Observer Mission: 93d Russian convoy of ten vehicles crossed into Ukraine and returned through the Donetsk Border Crossing Point
Publishing date: 12 December 2019
On 12 December at 06:35 (Moscow time), the ninety-third Russian convoy arrived at the Donetsk Border Crossing Point (BCP). A total of ten vehicles were checked by Russian Federation border guards and customs officers prior to their crossing into Ukraine. All ten vehicles had crossed back into the Russian Federation by 12:18 on 12 December.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 293/2019 issued on 11 December 2019
Publishing date: 11 December 2019
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and fewer in Luhansk region. The Mission recorded ceasefire violations inside the disengagement area near Petrivske. The SMM continued monitoring the situation in the disengagement
OSCE Chair welcomes Normandy Four Summit as important contribution towards the resolution of the conflict in eastern Ukraine
Publishing date: 10 December 2019
NEW YORK, United States, 10 December 2019- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Slovakia’s Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Miroslav Lajčák, today welcomed the results of the Normandy Four Summit in Paris...