News and press releases

The SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region compared with the previous reporting period and more in Luhansk region. The Mission observed damage to residences in Chervonyi Yar in Luhansk region and Bohdanivka in Donetsk region due to shelling. The SMM continued monitoring the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote, and Petrivske, and recorded ceasefire violations near the Petrivske disengagement area. Its access remained restricted in all three areas and elsewhere. Staff in schools near the contact line in non-government-controlled areas told the SMM they had been ordered not to speak with the SMM. The Mission facilitated and monitored repairs and maintenance of essential infrastructure near Shchastia, Zolote, Artema, Krasnyi Lyman, and Stanytsia Luhanska. The SMM visited a border area not under government control. The Mission monitored two gatherings in Kyiv and followed up on reports of an explosion in Uman...

ULAANBAATAR, 22 September 2017 – A two-day national workshop, followed by a series of bilateral consultations on Cross-Border Co-operation against Corruption and Money Laundering, between officials from Mongolia and international experts from the United Kingdom Serious Fraud Office and Interpol, concluded today in Ulaanbaatar.

An OSCE-supported five-day training seminar, aimed at improving the interaction between law-enforcement agencies and the media, took place from 18 to 22 September 2017 in Astana.

The importance of having impartial and independent judiciary and media, international mechanisms ensuring freedom of expression and media and access to information were the focus of the OSCE-supported workshop for 19 judges and 11 journalists that took place in Khoja Obigarm on 21 and 22 September 2017...

A web-based learning course designed to raise awareness, knowledge and understanding on how terrorists use the internet was launched by the Action against Terrorism Unit of the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department on 22 September 2017. The course targets decision makers, government officials, academia, teachers and students in police academies and other similar educational institutions to enhance their skills in countering terrorism...

A five-day OSCE-supported training seminar on the detection of forged travel documents and identification techniques for 32 border guards concluded in Almaty, Kazakhstan on 22 September 2017...

The SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region compared with the previous reporting period and fewer in Luhansk region. The Mission continued monitoring the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske and recorded ceasefire violations near the Zolote disengagement area. Its access remained restricted in all three areas and elsewhere, including near Pervomaiske.* The Mission facilitated and monitored repairs and maintenance of essential infrastructure near Shchastia, Zolote, Artema, Krasnyi Lyman and Luhanske.