News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30, 26 October 2016
Publishing date: 27 October 2016
The SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region compared with the previous reporting period, mostly in areas around Avdiivka-Yasynuvata and Svitlodarsk, as well as east and north-east of Mariupol...
Spot Report by OSCE Observer Mission: The fifty-fifth Russian Convoy of 20 vehicles crossed into Ukraine and returned through the Donetsk Border Crossing Point
Publishing date: 27 October 2016
On 27 October 2016 at 06:31hrs (Moscow time), the fifty- fifth Russian convoy arrived at the Donetsk Border Crossing Point (BCP)...
OSCE hosts conference in Skopje on addressing human trafficking along Western Balkan migration routes
Publishing date: 27 October 2016
SKOPJE, 27 October 2016- Some 60 representatives of national authorities, civil society and OSCE field operations from South-Eastern Europe called for an enhanced regional response to human trafficking at the start of a two-day OSCE regional conference in Skopje on promoting synergies and common approaches in addressing human trafficking along the Western Balkan migration routes...
Euro-Asian transport links in focus of meeting supported by the OSCE Office in Yerevan
Publishing date: 27 October 2016
YEREVAN, 27 October 2016- Enhancing economic connectivity perspectives and the development of Euro-Asian inland transport links were the focus of a two-day expert meeting held by the OSCE Office in Yerevan within the UNECE's Euro-Asian Transport Links (EATL) project, which ended today in Yerevan...
PA President Muttonen addresses OSCE Permanent Council with a call for constructive dialogue
Publishing date: 27 October 2016
VIENNA, 27 October 2016 – Urging governments of the OSCE area to enhance the level of international cooperation to reverse a deteriorating security environment, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Christine Muttonen (MP, Austria) called in Vienna today for more constructive dialogue and confidence-building...
Students from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River visit the OSCE headquarters in Vienna
Publishing date: 27 October 2016
Four recipients of the Best Student Awards in this year's Model OSCE, which was organized by the OSCE Mission to Moldova, travelled to Vienna from 18 to 22 October 2016 for a study trip to the OSCE Secretariat as a part of their prize...
71st IPRM meeting takes place in Ergneti
Publishing date: 27 October 2016
ERGNETI, 26 October 2016- The 71st meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) took place on Wednesday, 26 October 2016 in Ergneti...