News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Increased participation of women in the armed forces on the agenda of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation in Vienna
Publishing date: 13 October 2016
VIENNA, 13 October 2016 – The need to increase the presence of women in the armed forces was the focus of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation meeting in Vienna, held yesterday under Portugal’s Chairmanship...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30, 11 October 2016
Publishing date: 12 October 2016
The SMM recorded a similar number of ceasefire violations in Donetsk region as in the previous reporting period, with many concentrated in the Avdiivka-Yasynuvata area and areas north-east and east of Mariupol...
OSCE supports regional workshop on risk management in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 12 October 2016
ASTANA, 12 October 2016 – An OSCE-supported regional workshop on international experience in administering risk management system started today in Astana, bringing together some 80 tax and customs officials from Belgium, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan...
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 11 October 2016
Publishing date: 12 October 2016
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...
OSCE Special Representative for Transdniestrian Settlement underscores need for result-oriented dialogue
Publishing date: 12 October 2016
CHISINAU, 12 October 2016 – The Special Representative of the German OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the Transdniestrian Settlement Process, Cord Meier-Klodt, today concluded his seventh visit to the region in 2016 to meet with chief negotiators in Chisinau and Tiraspol...
OSCE concludes training course in Kazakhstan on combating judiciary corruption
Publishing date: 12 October 2016
An OSCE-supported training course for some 35 judges and regional court employees from across Kazakhstan on best practices in combating corruption in the judiciary took place on 12 October 2016 in Astana...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30, 10 October 2016
Publishing date: 11 October 2016
The SMM recorded a higher number of ceasefire violations in Donetsk region compared with the previous day, whereas in Luhansk region the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations compared with the previous day. The SMM followed up on reports of shelling and civilian casualties in “DPR”-controlled Sakhanka. The Mission continued to monitor the disengagement process in Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske; the SMM was restricted in its freedom of movement in all three areas. The SMM monitored the situation of civilians queuing at entry-exit checkpoints and observed a demonstration in Luhansk city against the deployment of an international armed mission...