News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE supports platform for promoting best practices and innovations for a green economy in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 12 July 2017
ASTANA, 12 July 2017 – An OSCE-supported international forum on the Green Bridge Partnership Programme (GBPP), a platform for promoting best practices and innovations for a green economy, started today in Astana...
OSCE Mission to Moldova-supported play raises awareness of online child sexual exploitation
Publishing date: 12 July 2017
The OSCE Mission to Moldova is supporting the production of a social theatre play that aims to raise awareness of the increasing risk of online child sexual exploitation. The opening performances of the play, produced by the Art Centre Coliseum, took place on 11 and 12 July 2017 in Chisinau. More than 120 adults and young people aged over 16 years attended...
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 11 July 2017
Publishing date: 12 July 2017
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 increased at both BCPs...
Statement by the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group
Publishing date: 12 July 2017
BRUSSELS, 12 July 2017- The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassador Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Ambassador Stephane Visconti of France, and Ambassador Richard Hoagland of the United States of America) met on 11 July with the Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov and the Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian to discuss modalities of further work on the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, also participated in the meeting...
Latest from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30, 10 July 2017
Publishing date: 11 July 2017
The SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and a significant increase in ceasefire violations in Luhansk region compared with the previous 24 hours. The Mission followed up on reports of civilian casualties in Zaitseve and observed a fresh impact site in residential areas of Zolote-5. The SMM continued monitoring the disengagement areas and observed a calm situation. The Mission’s access remained restricted there and elsewhere, including to Nova Marivka.* It continued to facilitate and monitor repairs to the Mykhailivka-Almazna high-voltage power lines near Pervomaisk. The SMM visited one border area not under government control in Donetsk region. In Kyiv the Mission monitored a march by 200-250 participants...
OSCE conducts multi-stakeholder dialogue on anti-corruption efforts in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 11 July 2017
ASTANA, 11 July 2017 – A two-day anti-corruption needs assessment mission conducted by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities with the support of the OSCE Programme Office in Astana concludes today. The mission was held in the framework of a regional OSCE extra-budgetary project aimed at strengthening anti-corruption efforts in Central Asia...
In address to Foreign Ministers in Mauerbach, PA President Muttonen highlights OSCE’s potential for bridge-building and dialogue
Publishing date: 11 July 2017
MAUERBACH, Austria, 11 July 2017 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Christine Muttonen (MP, Austria) addressed today the OSCE Informal Ministerial Meeting being held in Mauerbach, Austria, under the theme “Building Trust through Dialogue and Co-operation.”...