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Statement by OSCE Chairperson’s Personal Representative Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk
Publishing date: 4 August 2014
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on the conflict dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Conference
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
TBILISI, 4 August 2014 – Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on the conflict dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Conference, made the following statement today following recent media reports...
OSCE media freedom representative mourns death of journalist in Russia, calls for rigorous investigation
Publishing date: 4 August 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 4 August 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović said today she was saddened by the death of journalist and blogger Timur Kuashev whose body was found in a suburb of Nalchik, in Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia...
OSCE representative condemns steps aimed at full silencing of Chernomorskaya TV in Crimea
Publishing date: 4 August 2014
Collections: Statements from OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media on media freedom situation in Crimea, Ukraine
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 4 August 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today condemned the seizure of the property of the Chernomorskaya company, the largest independent broadcaster on the Crimean peninsula...
OSCE PA President offers condolences on the death of Barbara Prammer
Publishing date: 3 August 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 3 August 2014 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) issued the following statement today on the passing of Barbara Prammer, President of the Austrian National Council (Nationalrat) and Head of Austria’s Delegation to the PA:
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Minsk Group Co-Chairs deeply concerned about developments at Line of Contact, call for immediate action to defuse tensions
Publishing date: 2 August 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Minsk Group
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BERN/MOSCOW/PARIS/WASHINGTON, 2 August 2014 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Swiss Foreign Minister, Didier Burkhalter, together with the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassadors Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, James Warlick of the United States of America, and Pierre Andrieu of France, expressed their deep concern about the intense upsurge in violence along the Line of Contact and Armenian-Azerbaijani border that resulted in numerous casualties reported in recent days. They extended their condolences to the families of the victims and shared the anguish of their grievous losses...
Latest from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, based on information received as of 18:00 hrs, 1 August 2014 (Kyiv time)
Publishing date: 2 August 2014
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
The SMM accessed the crash site of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17, together with an investigative team of Australian and Dutch experts – the first occasion since Friday 25 July on which a full visit had been possible. The SMM also visited the outskirts of Donetsk city to assess artillery damage...
OSCE PA President expresses condolences on death of Assembly member Vladimir Kulakov
Publishing date: 2 August 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 2 August 2014 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) issued the following statement today on the death of Assembly member Vladimir Kulakov of Russia: