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Summary In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded 488 ceasefire violations, including in total 416 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 276 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded six ceasefire violations. In the previous reporting period, it

The 2020 parliamentary elections in Romania were competitive, respecting fundamental freedoms, and organized professionally, despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and the late adoption of a number of regulations. While the legal framework generally provided for the conduct of democratic

On 22 April 2021, Mathieu Lemoine, Senior Project Officer in the Human Dimension at the OSCE, awarded a tablet to Muattarkhon Burkhanova, Public Relations Specialist of the Republican Social Information Center "Istiqbolli Avlod" (Tashkent) and winner of a competition for the best script for an animation video or a short film on combating trafficking in human beings.

On 22 April 2021, the OSCE Presence in Albania concluded a three-month national voter education campaign ahead of the 25 April parliamentary elections. The campaign — conducted in close co-operation with the Central Election Commission — aimed at informing citizens about Electoral Code amendments, and encouraged their participation in the elections...

On 21 and 22 April, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, the Montenegrin Regional Youth Co-operation Office (RYCO) Chairperson and members of the RYCO Local Branch Office (LBO) organized the 13th RYCO Governing Board meeting in Podgorica...

KYIV, 23 April 2021 – Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine Y. Halit Çevik today paid tribute to SMM medic Joseph Stone, who was tragically killed in 2017 when an SMM armoured vehicle was struck by an explosion, most likely caused by an anti-tank mine in a non-government controlled area near Pryshyb in Luhansk region.

The Constitutional Court of Albania, in co-operation with the OSCE Presence and the Office of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), launched its first Strategy at an event on 22 April 2021...