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OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities launches call for nominations for 2020 Max van der Stoel Award
Publishing date: 14 February 2020
THE HAGUE, 14 February 2020 – OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Lamberto Zannier today launched a call for nominations for the 2020 Max van der Stoel Award. The award of 50,000 euros recognizes extraordinary and outstanding achievements in improving the position of national minorities in OSCE participating States. The deadline for nominations is 3 April 2020.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 36/2020 issued on 13 February 2020
Publishing date: 13 February 2020
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and more in Luhansk region. The Mission continued monitoring the security situation at the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske. The Mission saw weapons in
OSCE supports the Balkan Asset Management Interagency Network on enhancing the effectiveness of jurisdictions’ efforts in dealing with asset seizure and management
Publishing date: 13 February 2020
The OSCE-supported meeting of the Balkan Asset Management Interagency Network (BAMIN) Steering Group took place in Tirana on 12 and 13 February 2020. The event was hosted by the Agency for Seized and Confiscated Assets of Albania’s Ministry of Finance. Participants discussed ways the Network could reach its aim of achieving full operationalization and sustainable management, including by involving new members or observers for the years 2020– 2022.
Press Statement of Special Representative Grau after the regular Meeting of Trilateral Contact Group in Minsk on 12 February 2020
Publishing date: 13 February 2020
MINSK, 13 February 2020 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group, Ambassador Heidi Grau, made the following statement to the press after the meeting of the TCG and its working groups in Minsk on 12 February 2020:...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 35/2020 issued on 12 February 2020
Publishing date: 12 February 2020
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and fewer in Luhansk region. It followed up on reports of a man injured by shelling in non-government-controlled Berezivske. The Mission continued monitoring the security situation in
Harassment and violence against journalists in Azerbaijan is deplorable, says OSCE Media Freedom Representative, calling for swift investigation
Publishing date: 12 February 2020
VIENNA, 12 February 2020 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, today said that he deplores last night’s detentions, violent incidents and mistreatment of journalists during an election-related protest in Baku...
OSCE continues supporting Armenia in establishing an Advance Passenger Information (API) system
Publishing date: 12 February 2020
A meeting on establishing an Advance Passenger Information (API) system for enhancing border and aviation security in Armenia took place in Yerevan on 11 and 12 February 2020. The event is a follow-up to the national workshop held in June 2019 that resulted in the drafting of a roadmap outlining the necessary steps Armenia needs to take to establish an API system.