News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE SMM Spot Report 19/2021: A member of the armed formations threatened to shoot down one of the SMM’s mini-unmanned aerial vehicles near Staromykhailivka
Publishing date: 31 July 2021
At 10:00 on 31 July, an SMM patrol arrived at a checkpoint in the eastern part of Staromykhailivka (non-government-controlled, 15km west of Donetsk) in order to conduct an announced mini-unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flight to follow up on allegations of a damaged civilian property in the area...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 177/2021 issued on 31 July 2021
Publishing date: 31 July 2021
Summary In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded 408 ceasefire violations, including 32 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 173 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded 17 ceasefire violations, including seven explosions. In the previous reporting
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 176/2021 issued on 30 July 2021
Publishing date: 30 July 2021
Summary In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded 173 ceasefire violations, including 14 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 28 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded 25 ceasefire violations, including seven explosions. In the previous reporting
OSCE-supported meeting aimed at planning scenario for simulation exercises countering drug-related money laundering in Almaty
Publishing date: 30 July 2021
An OSCE-organized three-day expert meeting to develop a scenario to use in simulation exercises on countering drug-related money laundering concluded on 30 July 2021 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. It took place at the Central Asian Regional Information and Co-ordination Centre for Combating Illicit Trafficking of Narcotic Drugs, Psychotropic Substances and their Precursors (CARICC).
OSCE Mission supports participatory tools to advance cultural heritage protection in Kosovo
Publishing date: 30 July 2021
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 30 July 2021 – The development and adoption of cultural heritage management plans is an important tool for enhancing the protection and preservation of cultural heritage sites, concludes a conference supported by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo today.
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media meets newly elected Chairperson of the Albanian Audiovisual Media Authority
Publishing date: 30 July 2021
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM), Teresa Ribeiro, met on 29 July with Armela Krasniqi, the newly elected Chairperson of the Albanian Audiovisual Media Authority (AMA).
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 175/2021 issued on 29 July 2021
Publishing date: 29 July 2021
Summary In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded 28 ceasefire violations, including seven explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 149 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded 14 ceasefire violations, including four explosions. In the previous