News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 1 October 2019
Publishing date: 1 October 2019
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 increased at both BCPs compared to the previous week...
OSCE supports roundtable discussion on the status of Kazakhstan's draft environmental code
Publishing date: 1 October 2019
An OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on the status of Kazakhstan’s draft environmental code took place on 1 October 2019 in Nur-Sultan...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 231/2019 issued on 30 September 2019
Publishing date: 30 September 2019
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, between the evenings of 27 and 28 September, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and more in Luhansk region. Between the evenings of 28 and 29 September, the Mission recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region
Participants of Model OSCE for Moldova’s youth reach unity through diversity
Publishing date: 30 September 2019
Thirty students from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River practiced their diplomacy skills at the sixth edition of the Model OSCE for Youth, which concluded with the adoption of an “Addendum to the OSCE Gender Action Plan” on 29 September 2019 in Moldova. The document was the result of a compromise and consensus, which the young “ambassadors” put into practice during a simulation of an OSCE Permanent Council meeting...
OSCE Media Freedom Representative Désir and BiH Head of Mission Kavalec condemn attack on Radiosarajevo.ba, call for better protection of journalists
Publishing date: 30 September 2019
VIENNA / SARAJEVO, 30 September 2019 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, and the Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Kathleen Kavalec, condemned today the attack on two radiosarajevo.ba journalists and called on the authorities to ensure the better protection of journalists...
OSCE Mission to Montenegro supported project writing training course with Regional Youth Co-operation Office for potential applicants
Publishing date: 30 September 2019
In preparation for the third Regional Youth Co-operation Office (RYCO) Call for Proposals, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro and the RYCO Local Branch Office organized a training course for potential applicants in Podgorica from 27 to 29 September 2019.
OSCE Media Freedom Representative concerned over refusal to renew licenses of five regional companies which broadcast 112 Ukraine TV channel
Publishing date: 30 September 2019
VIENNA, 30 September 2019 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, expressed his concern today over the decision taken by the media regulator, National Council of Television and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine (the Council), not to renew the digital terrestrial broadcasting licenses of five regional television companies...