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Spot Report by OSCE Observer Mission: Seventy-sixth Russian convoy of 17 vehicles crossed into Ukraine and returned through Donetsk Border Crossing Point

Publishing date: 28 June 2018
Content type: Spot report
Where we are: OSCE Observer Mission at the Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk (discontinued)
What we do: Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution
On 28 June 2018 at 06:19 (Moscow time), the seventy-sixth Russian convoy arrived at the Donetsk Border Crossing Point (BCP). A total of 17 vehicles were checked by Russian Federation border guards and customs officers prior to their crossing into Ukraine. All 17 vehicles had crossed back into the Russian Federation by 13:25 on 28 June...

OSCE co-organizes sub-regional training course in Bucharest on role of information and communication technologies in context of regional and international security

Publishing date: 28 June 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Cyber/ICT Security
Some 40 officials and experts from eight OSCE participating States in South-Eastern Europe gathered in Bucharest on 27 and 28 June 2018 for a sub-regional training course organized by the OSCE and Romania’s Foreign Ministry on the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the context of regional and international security...

OSCE Mission to Skopje supports efforts for enhanced security of small arms and light weapons stockpiles

Publishing date: 28 June 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Arms control, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
The OSCE Mission to Skopje hosted a workshop for the country’s Ministry of Interior representatives on how to improve Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) security within the Border Police Service...

ODIHR final report on Montenegro’s presidential election recommends comprehensive review of electoral legislation

Publishing date: 28 June 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
The  final report  by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on the 15 April 2018 presidential election in Montenegro recommends a comprehensive and inclusive reform of the election legislation. The aim of the reform should be to harmonize provisions in different

OSCE PA human rights Chair condemns anti-Roma attack in Ukraine, raises alarm at increasing intolerance

Publishing date: 28 June 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Roma and Sinti
COPENHAGEN, 28 June 2018- The Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's human rights committee today expressed her deep concern about a recent deadly attack on a Roma community in western Ukraine. Isabel Santos (MP, Portugal), who also serves as a Vice-President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, offered sincere condolences on behalf of the Assembly to the families of the victims, and called for a thorough investigation into this apparent hate crime...

OSCE media freedom representative welcomes amendment to Polish ‘Holocaust law’ about which he previously raised serious concerns

Publishing date: 28 June 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws
VIENNA, 28 June 2018- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir welcomed yesterday’s initiative by the Prime Minister of Poland, Mateusz Morawiecki, to amend the ‘Holocaust law’ and the swift decision by the lower house of Poland’s parliament to remove criminal penalties for ascribing any responsibility to the Polish nation for the Holocaust, including suggestions regarding its complicity...

OSCE hosts regional seminar for judicial officials on countering terrorist use of the Internet in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 28 June 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism
ALMATY, 28 June 2018 – A two-day regional seminar on countering the use of the Internet for terrorist purposes for Central Asian judges, prosecutors, investigators and lawmakers began today in Almaty, Kazakhstan...