News and press releases

KYIV, 19 March 2015 – Ending her four-day visit to Kyiv, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today said that the current crisis in and around Ukraine continues to negatively influence free media and journalists’ safety in the country...

COPENHAGEN, 18 March 2015 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) today issued the following statement on the one-year anniversary of the illegal annexation of Crimea, Ukraine by the Russian Federation:...

The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the implementation of the Minsk agreements”. The SMM, based on its monitoring – which was restricted by third parties and by security considerations* – observed that fighting continued in areas around the Donetsk airport and Shyrokyne, east of Mariupol...

DUSHANBE, 18 March 2015 – Decision-making models of leadership and situational leadership theory were discussed at the OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe from 9-18 March 2015...

The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the Implementation of the Minsk agreements”. The SMM, based on its monitoring – which was restricted by third parties and by security considerations* – observed that fighting continued in areas in and around the Donetsk airport and in areas to the east of Mariupol.

The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the Implementation of the Minsk agreements”. The SMM, based on its monitoring – which was restricted by third parties and by security considerations* – directly observed fighting in and around the Donetsk airport and in the areas to the east of Mariupol. The SMM visited Debaltseve and Vuhlehirsk...

On 15 March 2015 at 08:11hrs (Moscow time), a Russian convoy arrived at the Donetsk Border Crossing Point (BCP). A total of 43 vehicles were checked by the Russian border guard and customs services. All the vehicles had crossed back into the Russian Federation by 18:55hrs on 15 March.