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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 100/2020 issued on 28 April 2020
Publishing date: 28 April 2020
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the Mission recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and more in Luhansk region. Members of the armed formations continued to deny the SMM passage at checkpoints along official crossing routes in Donetsk and Luhansk regions.* The
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 28 April 2020
Publishing date: 28 April 2020
The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). The overall number of border crossings by persons slightly increased at both BCPs compared to the previous week...
PA Bureau leaders meet online, hear from OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and EU Commissioner, discuss activities in the period of COVID-19
Publishing date: 28 April 2020
COPENHAGEN, 28 April 2020 – The elected leaders of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly met online Monday for the annual spring Bureau meeting, hearing presentations from the OSCE Chair-in-Office, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, and the EU Commissioner for Crisis Management, Ambassador Janez Lenarcic. The meeting, which usually takes place at the Danish Folketing, was held in an online format this year due to the coronavirus pandemic...
OSCE Media Freedom Representative and Head of OSCE Mission in Kosovo condemn physical attack on journalist in Mitrovica North
Publishing date: 27 April 2020
VIENNA/PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 27 April 2020- The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Jan Braathu, and the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, strongly condemned the physical attack on TV Puls journalist earlier today in Mitrovica North.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 99/2020 issued on 27 April 2020
Publishing date: 27 April 2020
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, between the evenings of 24 and 25 April, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and fewer in Luhansk region. Between the evenings of 25 and 26 April, the Mission recorded fewer ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and
OSCE SMM Spot Report 18/2020: Members of the armed formations continued to deny SMM patrols passage at checkpoints in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions
Publishing date: 27 April 2020
On 25, 26, and 27 April, members of the armed formations again denied SMM attempts to cross into non-government-controlled areas along official crossing routes: three times in Donetsk region and twice in Luhansk region, while further attempts to cross into government-controlled areas were also denied, once in Donetsk region and once in Luhansk region...
OSCE assists the Government of Tajikistan with disinfectant and medical equipment
Publishing date: 27 April 2020
The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe handed over medical and disinfection equipment to partners in the Tajik government, in Dushanbe, for preventing the potential spread of COVID-19. The Ministry of Health and Social Protection and the Committee of Emergency Situation and Civil Defence received the assistance on 21 and 24 April 2020, respectively.