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Criminal justice professionals in Albania took part in an OSCE-organized national workshop from 14 to 18 June 2021 to enhance their capacities to develop intelligence through open-source internet research.

YEREVAN, 21 June 2021 –Armenia’s early parliamentary elections were competitive and well-managed within a short time frame. However, they were characterized by intense polarization and marred by increasingly inflammatory language from key contestants, as well as by the sidelining of women throughout the campaign, international observers said in a statement today...

VIENNA, 20 June 2021 — OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid will visit Moscow for meetings with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov, other high-level officials and parliamentarians from 21 to 24 June...

Summary In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded 41 ceasefire violations, including 18 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 196 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded 45 ceasefire violations, including 21 explosions. In the previous reporting

Summary In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded 196 ceasefire violations, including 137 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 74 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded 993 ceasefire violations, including 159 explosions, 867 of which were assessed

Valeriu Chiveri, Head of the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, met the Interior Minister of Tajikistan, Colonel General Rahimzoda Ramazon Hamro on 17 June 2021 to discuss areas of co-operation for 2021.

An OSCE-organized seminar on issues of environmental protection system development, held on 17 and 18 June 2021 in Ashgabat, brought together representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection, National Institute of Deserts, Flora and Fauna, Society of Nature Protection and