News and press releases

VIENNA / SARAJEVO, 30 September 2019 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, and the Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Kathleen Kavalec, condemned today the attack on two radiosarajevo.ba journalists and called on the authorities to ensure the better protection of journalists...

In preparation for the third Regional Youth Co-operation Office (RYCO) Call for Proposals, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro and the RYCO Local Branch Office organized a training course for potential applicants in Podgorica from 27 to 29 September 2019.

VIENNA, 30 September 2019 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, expressed his concern today over the decision taken by the media regulator, National Council of Television and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine (the Council), not to renew the digital terrestrial broadcasting licenses of five regional television companies...

A two-week training course on electronic record-keeping of small arms and light weapons and conventional ammunition (SALW and CA) concluded on 28 September 2019 in Bishkek and Osh.

Strengthening co-operation in addressing trafficking in human beings was the focus of the international roundtable which concluded on 27 September 2019 in Shymkent, Kazakhstan.

NEW YORK, 29 September 2019 – Attending the high-level week of the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York this week, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Foreign and European Minister of Slovakia, Miroslav Lajčák, held bilateral meetings with the Foreign Ministers of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, North Macedonia, and the Russian Federation, as well as the OSCE Minsk-Group Co-Chairs and his Special Representative on Combatting Anti-Semitism Rabbi Andrew Baker, among others. With his counterparts, he spoke about the current situation in the OSCE region, the Slovak OSCE Chairmanship, and expectations for the Ministerial Council in December.

Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Inside the Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area, the SMM saw a temporary pedestrian bypass bridge being connected with the broken section of the Stanytsia Luhanska