News and press releases

Summary In Donetsk region, the Mission recorded 23 ceasefire violations, including 13 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 100 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the SMM recorded no ceasefire violations. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 157

On 16 September 2021, sixteen Kyrgyz customs officers completed a four-day training course on profiling at the Leninskoe Training Center of the State Customs Service under the Ministry of Economy and Finance of the Kyrgyz Republic. The event was organized with the support of the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek.

Summary In Donetsk region, the Mission recorded 100 ceasefire violations, including one explosion. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 90 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the SMM recorded 157 ceasefire violations, including 69 explosions. In the previous reporting

STOCKHOLM, 16 September 2021 — The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Ann Linde, expressed regret that no consensus could be reached on the extension of the mandate of the Observer Mission at the Russian checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk on the Russian-Ukrainian border, an important component of the OSCE’s response to the crisis in and around Ukraine.

From 14 to16 September 2021, the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat supported an online seminar to promote best practices and standards, and discuss perspectives and challenges of ‘smart cities’. The development of a renewable energy sector was also discussed.

From 14 to 18 September 2021, eleven students from across Kyrgyzstan are taking part in a five-day autumn school on Anti-money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism in Issyk- Kul, Kyrgyzstan.

On 16 September 2021, the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina awarded the winners of a school competition aimed at supporting increased recycling in the Central Bosnia Canton (CBC) thus increasing youth engagement in the field of environment protection...