News and press releases

• Compared with the previous 24 hours, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions. • A man died after a metal object exploded in Velyka Novosilka. • The SMM saw weapons in violation of withdrawal lines on both sides of the contact line. • It continued to monitor the situation of civilians at entry-exit checkpoints. • The Mission facilitated and monitored adherence to the ceasefire to enable repairs to civilian infrastructure and damaged houses. It also continued to facilitate the operation of the Donetsk Filtration Station and monitor the security situation around the pumping station near Vasylivka. • Restrictions of the Mission’s access continued in all three disengagement areas and elsewhere. The SMM was also restricted at a checkpoint of the armed formations near Kozatske.*

VIENNA, 7 May 2019 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, called on the authorities to reinstate access to numerous web resources, including online media, social platforms and Google services, in Tajikistan...

VIENNA, 7 May 2019 – Participants in a two-day Vienna-based conference entitled Commitment – Data – Action! underlined the importance of comparable data for improving policies and measures to prevent violence against women and girls (VAWG).

Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia and Luxembourg in their capacity as States parties to the Convention on Conciliation and Arbitration within the OSCE (Stockholm Convention), have appointed conciliators, arbitrators and alternates for new mandates of six years to the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration...

The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). The overall number of border crossings by persons increased at both BCPs compared to the previous week...

• Compared with the previous reporting period, between the evenings of 3 and 4 May, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and more in Luhansk region. • Compared with the previous 24 hours, between the evenings of 4 and 5 May, the Mission recorded fewer ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions. • The SMM saw fresh damage from shelling to houses in Dokuchaievsk and Zolote-5/Mykhailivka. • Small-arms fire was directed at an SMM unmanned aerial vehicle near Zaitseve. • The SMM saw weapons in violation of withdrawal lines on both sides of the contact line. • The Mission recorded small-arms fire and explosions inside the Zolote disengagement area. • The SMM saw

VIENNA, 6 May 2019 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, today called for an effective investigation into the attempted murder of journalist Vadim Komarov in Cherkasy, Ukraine...