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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE organizes training course on digital journalism and multimedia instruments in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 18 June 2021
An OSCE-organized training course on digital journalism and multimedia instruments took place from 16 to 18 June 2021 in Ashgabat. The three-day event brought together journalists from the country’s leading print and online media. The purpose was to provide support in capacity building of staff of national newspapers involved in the digital transformation of print media.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 139/2021 issued on 17 June 2021
Publishing date: 17 June 2021
Summary In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded 74 ceasefire violations, including 27 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 194 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded 97 ceasefire violations, including 32 explosions. In the previous reporting
OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe provides technical assistance to Tajikistan’s Main Prison Department
Publishing date: 17 June 2021
The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe handed over a fully equipped ambulance and five computers to a specialized hospital of the Main Prison Department of Tajikistan’s Ministry of Justice on 16 June 2021 in Dushanbe.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro presents its work to supporting partners to implement the Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security
Publishing date: 17 June 2021
Siv-Katrine Leirtroe, Acting Head of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, presented the work of the Mission in supporting the host country in the implementation of the Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security at the 10th annual discussion organized by the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation, on 16 June 2021.
OSCE supports book presentation on environmental challenges in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 17 June 2021
The OSCE-supported book presentation “Tomorrow was late. Environmental risks in Kazakhstan” took place on 17 June 2021 in Nur-Sultan. The book was prepared by the Private Dossym Satpayev Foundation in partnership with the Kazakh-German University, the Friedrich Ebert Foundation and the online eco-journal Living Asia.
Dialogue and engagement needed for addressing security threats and new technologies in arms control, say participants at OSCE Security Chat
Publishing date: 16 June 2021
VIENNA, 16 June 2021 — We need constructive dialogue and re-engagement at all levels of arms control to address current and future security threats and the challenges posed by new technologies, agreed participants at the OSCE Security Chat held online today.
North Macedonia participates in train-the-trainer course as part of OSCE–UNODC training programme to strengthen capacities to counter terrorist financing
Publishing date: 16 June 2021
The OSCE Transnational Threats Department’s Action against Terrorism Unit and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) organized an online train-the-trainer course from 14 to 16 June 2021, as part of a multiannual training programme to strengthen North Macedonia’s capacities in countering the financing of terrorism.