News and press releases

The OSCE Programme Office in Astana facilitated the participation of two members of Kazakhstan’s Parliament at an international seminar on water facilities safety in Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, on 26 and 27 April 2017...

The link between effective peace processes and the inclusion of women was the focus of a meeting organized by the OSCE Chairmanship and the OSCE Secretariat on 25 and 26 April 2017 in Baden, Austria...

Strengthening protection and preparedness against terrorist attacks aimed at industrial control systems is the focus of a table-top simulation in Tirana on 26 and 27 April 2017 organized by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department with the support of the OSCE Presence in Albania...

The human rights-compliant implementation of legislation and policies to counter the foreign terrorist fighter phenomenon were the focus of an expert meeting organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) from 25 to 26 April in Warsaw. The event brought together

The SMM resumed patrolling in eastern Ukraine, with some restrictions, following the more limited patrolling conducted on 24 April after the serious security incident that involved an SMM patrol on 23 April near Pryshyb, which affected its observations, including of ceasefire violations. Violations of the ceasefire continued. In Donetsk region the SMM observed about 600 ceasefire violations, including about 110 explosions. In Luhansk region the SMM observed one shot of small-arms fire assessed as inside the Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area....

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...

Eighteen Afghan border police officers completed a two-week training course on search and rescue on 26 April 2017. The course was organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan...