News and press releases

A two-day expert meeting on how to address the digital dimensions of violent extremism in Central Asia opened on 12 December 2019 in Dushanbe for some 70 experts from all the Central Asian states and Afghanistan. The participants include representatives of law enforcement agencies, relevant state institutions, the ICT industry, civil society, youth organizations, academia, and the media...

On 12 December at 06:35 (Moscow time), the ninety-third Russian convoy arrived at the Donetsk Border Crossing Point (BCP). A total of ten vehicles were checked by Russian Federation border guards and customs officers prior to their crossing into Ukraine. All ten vehicles had crossed back into the Russian Federation by 12:18 on 12 December.

Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and fewer in Luhansk region. The Mission recorded ceasefire violations inside the disengagement area near Petrivske. The SMM continued monitoring the situation in the disengagement

GENEVA, 11 December 2019- The Geneva International Discussions (GID) held its 50th round on 10-11 December 2019.

The OSCE Mission to Montenegro organized a workshop for the State Election Commission (SEC) on communication strategies with the national and local media on 9 and 10 December 2019 in Podgorica...

The Peace Support Operations Training Centre of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Ministry of Defence and the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the support the Austrian Ministry of Defence, organized a course on security sector governance and reform (SSG/R) processes in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), which concluded on 11 December 2019...

BELGRADE, 11 December 2019 – Some 50 teachers, university professors and members of civil society participated at the presentation of civics education manuals for teachers...