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An OSCE-supported training seminar on building the capacity of water management lecturers in sustainable water management concluded on 5 July 2018 in Almaty, Kazakhstan...

Election administration and the work of the media during election campaigns were at the centre of discussions during two workshops held in Tirana on 3 and 4 July 2018 respectively, with the support of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE Presence to Albania.

The SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region, compared with the previous reporting period, and no ceasefire violations in Luhansk region. The SMM continued monitoring the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske; it recorded ceasefire violations near the Petrivske disengagement area and observed military presence inside the Zolote and Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement areas. The Mission’s access remained restricted in all three disengagement areas as well as near Zaichenko and Oleksandrivske. The SMM observed weapons in violation of withdrawal lines on both sides of the contact line. The Mission continued to facilitate the operation of the Donetsk Filtration Station, including through monitoring the security situation around the station, as well as repairs and maintenance works to other essential civilian infrastructure. In Kyiv, the SMM monitored a public gathering...

VIENNA, 4 July 2018 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir today raised his concern about the draft law amending the “Statute on the Mass Media” in the Russian Federation. If adopted in its current state, the law would extend the status of “foreign agent” not only to media but to individual journalists and other authors.

VIENNA, 4 July 2018 – With the number of people killed or injured globally by landmines having doubled in the last five years, today’s OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC) meeting in Vienna, held under Slovenia’s Chairmanship, focused on the threat posed by these “silent killers” and on the different approaches the OSCE is taking in affected states to address this challenge...

The OSCE Programme Office in Astana in co-operation with the Supreme Court of the Republic of Kazakhstan organized a two-day seminar “News-making in public relations — an effective tool for securing active presence in social media” from 4 to 5 July 2018 in Almaty, Kazakhstan...

Enhancing the assessment of electoral security was the focus of a workshop organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw on 3 July 2018. The workshop brought together nine experts from civil society organizations involved in electoral issues and several