News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 92/2021 issued on 22 April 2021
Publishing date: 22 April 2021
Summary In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded 276 ceasefire violations. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 279 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded no ceasefire violations. In the previous reporting period, it recorded three ceasefire violations in
OSCE SMM Chief Monitor informs Permanent Council about concerning developments in eastern Ukraine
Publishing date: 22 April 2021
KYIV, 22 April 2021 – While ceasefire violations remain below the level observed before the measures to strengthen the ceasefire entered into force on 27 July 2020, Ambassador Y. Halit Çevik, Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, said today there are a number of trends that give cause for concern.
Moldova and Ukraine implement integrated management plan of the Dniester river basin with OSCE, UN, GEF support
Publishing date: 22 April 2021
The results of the Global Environment Facility project ‘Enabling transboundary co-operation and integrated water resources management in the Dniester river basin’, were officially presented on 22 April 2021 online at a meeting of representatives of the governments of the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine, international organizations, academia, businesses and non-governmental organizations.
OSCE and adelphi report: climate change and security offer opportunities for co-operation in South-Eastern Europe
Publishing date: 22 April 2021
VIENNA, 22 April 2021 – Climate change is a risk multiplier and is affecting economies, the environment and societies in South-Eastern Europe in complex ways, according to a report published today by the OSCE and the Berlin-based think tank adelphi...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 91/2021 issued on 21 April 2021
Publishing date: 21 April 2021
Summary In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded 279 ceasefire violations. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 138 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded three ceasefire violations. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 27 ceasefire violations in
Minister of Foreign Affairs Ara Aivazian opens Armenia’s Chairmanship of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation
Publishing date: 21 April 2021
VIENNA/YEREVAN, 21 April 2021 — Armenia will aim to rebuild trust and confidence to protect OSCE principles and commitments and prevent further erosion of the OSCE security environment, said Armenia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ara Aivazian, as he opened the country’s Chairmanship of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC) today.
OSCE PA Special Representative Ben Cardin’s statement on Derek Chauvin’s guilty verdict
Publishing date: 21 April 2021
COPENHAGEN, 21 April 2021 – United States Senator Ben Cardin, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Special Representative on Anti-Semitism, Racism and Intolerance, on Tuesday issued the following statement in response to former police officer Derek Chauvin being convicted in the death of George Floyd:..