News and press releases

Head of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, Maryse Daviet, congratulated the journalists in the country the Day of Journalists, 23 January, which marks the publication of the first printed newspaper in Cetinje in 1871...

Summary The SMM recorded 39 ceasefire violations in Donetsk region. In the previous reporting period, it recorded seven ceasefire violations in the region. The Mission recorded no ceasefire violations in Luhansk region, as in the previous reporting period. The SMM continued monitoring the

SARAJEVO, 22 January 2021 – The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Office of the High Representative (OHR), the Embassies of the US and UK, and the Embassy of Sweden in BiH, as chair of the OSCE, welcome the decision of the Central Election Commission to annul the elections in several polling stations in Doboj and Srebrenica, having detected serious irregularities in the election processes. The decision of the CEC will help ensure the integrity of the elections and restore citizens’ confidence in election administration. We urge relevant authorities to investigate the reported allegations of electoral fraud promptly.

The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM), Teresa Ribeiro, met today, 22 January 2021, with Ambassador Alexander Lukashevich to discuss the situation of freedom of expression and freedom of the media in the Russian Federation and the wider OSCE region.

KYIV, 21 January 2021 — The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Ambassador Heidi Grau, made the following statement to the press after the regular meetings of the TCG and its Working Groups held through video conferencing:

Summary The SMM recorded seven ceasefire violations in Donetsk region. In the previous reporting period, it recorded one ceasefire violation in the region. The Mission recorded no ceasefire violations in Luhansk region. In the previous reporting period, it also recorded no ceasefire violations in

The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM), Teresa Ribeiro, met today, 21 January 2021, with Executive Director of the International Press Institute, Barbara Trionfi, to discuss the media freedom situation across the OSCE region.