News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Press Statement of Special Representative of OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Sajdik after meeting of Trilateral Contact Group in Minsk on 18 September 2019
Publishing date: 18 September 2019
MINSK, 18 September 2019 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Ambassador Martin Sajdik, made the following statement to the press after the meeting of the TCG and its working groups in Minsk on 18 September 2019:
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 221/2019 issued on 18 September 2019
Publishing date: 18 September 2019
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and no ceasefire violations in Luhansk region. Inside the Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area, the Mission saw workers from government-controlled areas placing concrete plates under
In Vienna, OSCE PA Special Representative on Fighting Corruption develops co-operative approaches with counterparts from UN and OSCE
Publishing date: 18 September 2019
VIENNA, 18 September 2019 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Special Representative on Fighting Corruption Irene Charalambides (MP, Cyprus) is in Vienna this week for meetings with representatives from the United Nations and OSCE. Charalambides has explored with counterparts avenues for co-operation and developing ways for OSCE parliamentarians to counter corruption’s detrimental effects...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 220/2019 issued on 17 September 2019
Publishing date: 17 September 2019
Summary Compared with the previous 24 hours, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and more in Luhansk region. Inside the Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area, the Mission saw workers from government-controlled areas completing asphalting of the road north of the broken
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 17 September 2019
Publishing date: 17 September 2019
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 Media Freedom Representative raises serious concern about lawsuits and brief detention of journalist in Croatia
Publishing date: 17 September 2019
WARSAW, 17 September 2019 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, expressed his concern over the lawsuits and detention of a journalist in Croatia yesterday morning...
OSCE-supported workshop explored links between research and policy-making in Central Asia
Publishing date: 17 September 2019
Collection and analysis of migration-related data to shape effective policy-making were the focus of a two-day workshop organized by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA) in co-operation with the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, with the support of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Employment and Labour Relations Ministry of Uzbekistan, on 16 and 17 September 2019 in Tashkent...