News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Protection of energy infrastructure from natural hazards in focus of OSCE seminar in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 27 April 2018
Representatives of the State Commission on Emergency Situations, military and law-enforcement bodies, the State Seismology Service under the Academy of Science, and relevant ministries discussed the protection of energy infrastructure from natural hazards at an OSCE-organized seminar held in Ashgabat on 26 and 27 April 2018.
OSCE supports National Preventive Mechanism against Torture in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 27 April 2018
The second OSCE-supported international forum on the National Preventive Mechanism against Torture (NPM) concluded on 27 April 2018 in Astana...
OSCE supports seminar on enhancing journalist awareness on newly adopted amendments to media legislation in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 27 April 2018
An OSCE-supported two-day seminar on enhancing media awareness on newly adopted amendments to media legislation concluded on 27 April 2018 in Almaty, Kazakhstan...
Young entrepreneurs from six Mediterranean countries presented with OSCE Award for green and social entrepreneurship in Vienna
Publishing date: 26 April 2018
VIENNA, 26 April 2018 – Six entrepreneurs from Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia were presented today with the OSCE GEMS Award for young green entrepreneurs making social impact in Mediterranean region. Each winner received a €15,000 grant...
Latest from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30, 25 April 2018
Publishing date: 26 April 2018
The SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions, compared with the previous reporting period. The SMM observed damage to civilian properties in a residential area of Yasynuvata. The Mission continued monitoring the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske; it recorded ceasefire violations near the Stanytsia Luhanska and Zolote disengagement areas and spotted new military presence inside the Zolote disengagement area. Its access remained restricted in all three disengagement areas.* The Mission observed weapons in violation of withdrawal lines on both sides of the contact line. The SMM saw for the first time anti-tank mines in a non-government-controlled neighbourhood of Zaitseve.
OSCE Mission organizes employment fairs for vulnerable communities in Kosovo
Publishing date: 26 April 2018
The first in a series of employment fairs organized by the OSCE Mission for some 70 members of Kosovo Roma, Kosovo Ashkali and Kosovo Egyptian communities to enhance their employability concluded on 25 April 2018 in Roma Mahala, Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South.
Chief Monitor of OSCE SMM to Ukraine says protection of civilians must be paramount
Publishing date: 26 April 2018
VIENNA, 26 April 2018 – With the volatile and unpredictable security situation in eastern Ukraine continuing, there is an urgent need to protect civilians living there, said the Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, Ertugrul Apakan, in his address to the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna today...