News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Special Representative welcomes recent meeting between Moldovan President and Transdniestrian leader and hopes for further “constructive, forward-looking dialogue”
Publishing date: 29 July 2020
VIENNA, 29 July 2020- The Special Representative of the Albanian OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the Transdniestrian Settlement Process, Ambassador Thomas Mayr-Harting welcomed yesterday’s meeting in Condrita between Moldovan President Igor Dodon and Transdniestrian leader Vadim Krasnoselsky...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 178/2020 issued on 28 July 2020
Publishing date: 28 July 2020
Summary Following the meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group on 22 July, which reached agreement regarding additional measures to strengthen the ceasefire as of 00:01 on 27 July, the SMM recorded 111 ceasefire violations, all in Donetsk region, including 21 explosions. The Mission continued
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 28 July 2020
Publishing date: 28 July 2020
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 decreased at both BCPs compared to the previous week...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 177/2020 issued on 27 July 2020
Publishing date: 27 July 2020
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, between the evenings of 24 and 25 July, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and more in Luhansk region. Between the evenings of 25 and 26 July, the SMM recorded a similar number of ceasefire violations in Donetsk region
OSCE PA human rights leaders concerned over Poland's announced withdrawal from treaty on violence against women
Publishing date: 27 July 2020
COPENHAGEN, 27 July 2020 – Following an announcement stating Poland's intention to withdraw from a treaty on combating violence against women, the leaders of the OSCE PA’s human rights committee expressed concerns over the ongoing developments...
OSCE launches project on increasing and supporting participation of women at all levels of policing with pilot activities in Montenegro
Publishing date: 27 July 2020
The OSCE launched a new project on 24 July 2020 aimed at increasing and supporting the participation of women at all levels of policing, with the first pilot activities taking place in Montenegro. The project was developed to raise awareness at policy and police levels about the under-representation of women in the police across the OSCE area...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 176/2020 issued on 25 July 2020
Publishing date: 25 July 2020
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Small-arms fire was assessed as directed at an SMM mini-unmanned aerial vehicle near Orikhove, Luhansk region. The Mission continued monitoring the disengagement