News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30, 13 December 2016
Publishing date: 14 December 2016
Fewer ceasefire violations were recorded in Donetsk region and more in Luhansk region compared with the previous reporting period. The SMM continued to monitor the withdrawal of weapons. The SMM was restricted in its movement in the three disengagement areas in Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske.* The SMM monitored repair works to essential infrastructure on both sides of the contact line, in Orikhove, Zolote and Krasnyi Lyman. The SMM monitored the Novoazovsk border crossing point, an area currently not under government control...
OSCE Mission to Montenegro supports municipalities in regulating informal building structures
Publishing date: 14 December 2016
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro in co-operation with the Union of Municipalities presented on 13 December, 2016 in Podgorica a Model of Decision-making, which would support local governing units in legalizing informal building structures, and therefore support the municipalities in implementing the forthcoming Law on regulating informal building structures...
UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security in focus at OSCE-supported workshop in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 14 December 2016
KONJIC, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 14 December 2016 – The implementation of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security was the focus of a two-day workshop which concluded today in Konjic, organized by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and the country’s Security Ministry and Gender Equality Agency...
Security needs, effective responses to intolerance and hate crimes against Christians discussed at OSCE/ODIHR event in Vienna
Publishing date: 14 December 2016
Representatives of civil society, governments and international organizations explored ways to improve security for Christian communities in the OSCE region and to address intolerance against Christians at a conference held in Vienna on 14 December 2016. The Conference on Combating Intolerance and
OSCE-supported workshop in Yerevan explores benefits of effective corporate governance
Publishing date: 14 December 2016
The legal regulation of corporate governance, state measures to improve corporate governance and its role in enhancing the investment environment were the topics of a workshop held on 13 December 2016 in Armenia’s capital by the Corporate Governance Center NGO with the support of the OSCE Office in Yerevan...
OSCE facilitates working meeting for border guards in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 14 December 2016
An OSCE-supported three-day working meeting for the Border Guard Service under the National Security Committee concluded on 14 December 2016 in Astana...
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 13 December 2016
Publishing date: 14 December 2016
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...