News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Secretary General Schmid concludes visit to Ukraine
Publishing date: 31 May 2021
KYIV, 31 May 2021 — OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid concluded a five-day official visit to Ukraine yesterday.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 123/2021 issued on 29 May 2021
Publishing date: 29 May 2021
Summary In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded 383 ceasefire violations, including 77 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 91 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded 32 ceasefire violations, including three explosions. In the previous reporting
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 122/2021 issued on 28 May 2021
Publishing date: 28 May 2021
Summary In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded 91 ceasefire violations, including 14 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 63 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded two ceasefire violations. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 347
Management of assets, vehicles and properties of citizens residing outside of their country of citizenship, focus of OSCE-supported discussion
Publishing date: 28 May 2021
On 26 May 2021, the practices of managing assets, in particular vehicles and properties of citizens residing outside of their country of citizenship, was the focus of an OSCE-supported event in Belgrade, hosted by the Directorate for Management of Confiscated Assets of Serbia’s Justice Ministry with the Balkan Asset Management Interagency Network (BAMIN) and the Agency for Administration of Seized and Confiscated Asset of Albania, currently holding BAMIN Presidency...
Statement by the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group
Publishing date: 28 May 2021
GENEVA, 28 May 2021- The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Stephane Visconti of France, and Andrew Schofer of the United States of America) released the following statement today:
OSCE Programme Office in Kyrgyzstan helps build capacity of parliamentary staff
Publishing date: 28 May 2021
On 27 and 28 May, thirty civil servants of the administration of the Parliament of Kyrgyzstan underwent the first training course in a series of capacity-building exercises in Bishkek. The training course aims to further develop analytical skills that are essential in collecting, processing, and conducting analysis of strategic documents and reports for policy formulation.
OSCE Representative Ribeiro, Missions in BiH and Montenegro condemn death threats against journalists Bursać and Šuković, call for swift investigation
Publishing date: 27 May 2021
VIENNA/SARAJEVO/PODGORICA, 27 May 2021- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Teresa Ribeiro, Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina Kathleen Kavalec and Acting Head of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro Siv-Katrine Leirtroe urge the authorities in Montenegro and BiH to swiftly investigate and prosecute those responsible for recent death threats against journalist and columnist Dragan Bursać and Editor in Chief of antenam.net Darko Šuković...