News and press releases

VIENNA, 2 November 2017 – On the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Committed against Journalists, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir made the following statement...

The SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk and Luhansk regions compared with the previous reporting period. The SMM observed fresh impact sites near Slovianoserbsk. The SMM continued monitoring all three disengagement areas; it recorded ceasefire violations inside the Zolote disengagement area and near the Stanytsia Luhanska and Petrivske disengagement areas. Its access remained restricted in all three areas and elsewhere. The Mission saw weapons in violation of withdrawal lines in Kostiantynivka. It facilitated and monitored repairs to and maintenance of essential infrastructure in Shchastia. The SMM visited a border area not under government control. It followed up on reports of an attack which killed a person and wounded another near Kyiv. It continued monitoring a public gathering in front of the national Parliament building in Kyiv...

SKOPJE, 1 November 2017 – The inclusion of undocumented Roma people was the focus of a regional conference held in Skopje on 1 November 2017. At the conference, public officials and civil society representatives from the country and the region gathered to discuss and exchange best practices on the topic...

WASHINGTON, 1 November 2017 – In response to the vehicle attack in Manhattan on Tuesday, which killed eight and injured 11, and which authorities are treating as an act of terror, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Christine Muttonen issued the following statement...

KAMENSK-SHAKHTINSKIY, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). The overall number of border crossings by persons decreased at both BCPs compared to the previous week. The sixty-eighth Russian convoy crossed into Ukraine and returned though the Donetsk Border Crossing Point...

The OSCE Mission to Moldova gathered 16 civil society representatives from the left bank of the Dniester/Nistru River (Transdniestria) for the final meeting in this year’s Civil Society Club series on 27 October. The event, held in Tiraspol, focused on NGOs using web technologies to raise awareness about their work and better connect with their communities.

Working groups on gender issues from five regions across Tajikistan met on 31 October 2017 to create a central co-ordination body at a roundtable meeting organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe.