News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
From Academy students to young OSCE professionals
Publishing date: 21 November 2017
The OSCE Academy in Bishkek, a well-established regional centre for post-graduate education, capacity building and research, worked closely with the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek in the summer of 2017 to provide additional broad-ranging internship opportunities for its students...
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 21 November 2017
Publishing date: 21 November 2017
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 compared to the previous week.
Latest from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30, 19 November 2017
Publishing date: 20 November 2017
The SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region between the evenings of 17 and 18 November compared with the previous reporting period and more in Luhansk region. In both regions the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations between the evenings of 18 and 19 November compared with the previous 24 hours. The Mission continued monitoring the disengagement areas; it recorded ceasefire violations near the Petrivske and Zolote disengagement areas. Its access remained restricted in the disengagement areas and elsewhere.* The SMM facilitated and monitored repairs and maintenance of essential infrastructure in Zalizne and Artema. It visited three border areas not under government control. The Mission observed public gatherings in Odessa and Kyiv...
Addressing climate change requires ‘all-hands-on-deck approach,’ says OSCE PA’s Nilza Sena, welcoming outcomes from Bonn
Publishing date: 20 November 2017
COPENHAGEN, 20 November 2017 – Welcoming the outcomes of the United Nations climate change conference (COP23), which wrapped up Saturday in Bonn, the Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s economic and environmental committee today called for a more robust commitment by all OSCE countries to make progress on addressing climate change...
OSCE Mission to Montenegro supports establishing of priorities for Youth Action Plan 2018
Publishing date: 20 November 2017
Developing a draft Youth Action Plan for 2018 was the focus of a workshop that was hosted by the Directorate for Youth of the Montenegrin Ministry of Sports and supported by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro on 16-17 November 2017 in Petrovac.
Latest from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30, 17 November 2017
Publishing date: 18 November 2017
This report is for the media and the general public. The SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and more in Luhansk region compared with the previous reporting period. The Mission continued monitoring the disengagement areas; it recorded ceasefire violations near the Petrivske
Ongoing efforts to implement reform agenda create unique opportunity for progress, says OSCE Secretary General in Skopje
Publishing date: 17 November 2017
SKOPJE, 17 November 2017 – Having successfully overcome the political crisis and the ongoing efforts to implement the reform agenda create a unique opportunity for progress, said OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger during a two-day visit to Skopje, which ended today...