News and press releases

KYIV, 15 September 2021 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Ambassador Mikko Kinnunen, made the following statement to the press after the regular meetings of the TCG and its Working Groups held through video conferencing:

Summary In Donetsk region, the Mission recorded 90 ceasefire violations, including 23 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 88 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the SMM recorded five ceasefire violations, including three explosions. In the previous reporting

OSCE seminar in Turkmenistan promotes best practices in development of capital market

The OSCE Mission to Montenegro strengthened the technical capacities of the Centre for Investigative Journalism of Montenegro with the delivery on 15 September 2021 of three mobile journalism sets, one drone, three laptop computers and two desktop computers with accompanying monitors...

On 15 September 2021, the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Law Faculty of the Sarajevo University launched in Sarajevo the Media Law School on online freedom of expression and freedom of assembly on social networks...

PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 15 September 2021 – As we mark World Democracy Day, we affirm the principle of the people’s expression of free will, be it at the ballot box, or through media, as a basis of authority for any form of government.

WARSAW, 15 September 2021 – Elections are a central element of the democratic process and on this year’s International Day of Democracy, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) marks its 400th election observation, a key area of its work to help strengthen democracies across the 57 countries of the OSCE region.