News and press releases

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...

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