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Ceasefire a welcome step toward diplomatic solution in Ukraine, says OSCE PA Vice-President Barnett

Publishing date: 24 June 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
COPENHAGEN, 24 June 2014 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Vice-President Doris Barnett (MP, Germany) today welcomed the announcement by separatists in eastern Ukraine that they will observe a temporary ceasefire proposed by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko...

OSCE media freedom representative concerned about Canadian court ruling ordering worldwide block on website

Publishing date: 24 June 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media freedom on the internet
VIENNA, 24 June 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović expressed concern today about a British Columbia Supreme Court ruling ordering Google to take down URLs worldwide of a company found liable for copyright and trademark infringement in Canada...

Court ruling forcing Slovak newspaper to publicly apologize may have chilling effect on media freedom, warns OSCE representative

Publishing date: 24 June 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 24 June 2014 –OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed concern about a first ruling in a series of lawsuits in which members of the Slovak judiciary sued a daily newspaper for defamation, and demanded public apologies and high compensation...

OSCE Mission to Skopje trains custody officers on new criminal procedure law

Publishing date: 24 June 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Policing, Rule of law
The OSCE Mission to Skopje trained some 150 custody officers from the Ministry of Internal Affairs from 27 March to 22 June 2014 on the effective application of the new Law on criminal procedure that came into force in December last year...

Regional Housing Programme an excellent example of co-operation in Western Balkans, says Head of OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina

Publishing date: 24 June 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Human rights
SARAJEVO / ZAGREB, 24 June 2014- Representatives of the governments of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia as well as international community donors and partners met in Zagreb from 23-24 June 2014 to discuss the progress of the Regional Housing Programme (RHP)...

Ukraine crisis tops agenda of OSCE annual conference in Vienna

Publishing date: 24 June 2014
Collections: Swiss Chairmanship takes lead in OSCE Ukraine efforts
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Arms control, Conflict prevention and resolution, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
VIENNA, 24 June 2014 – Strengthening the OSCE’s role in existing conflicts – particularly Ukraine – tops the agenda at the Organization’s annual security review conference starting in Vienna today, with discussions also covering military stability and transparency, transnational threats and Afghanistan...

Latest from the Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine based on information received until 22 June 2014, 18:00 (Kyiv time)

Publishing date: 23 June 2014
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
The situation across the country was calm, except in parts of Donbas, where tensions remained. Sloviansk’s ‘mayor’ warned about the risk of an ecological catastrophe affecting Ukraine and the Russian Federation. Four SMM monitors from the Donetsk team have been missing for 28 days and four SMM monitors from the Luhansk team for 25 days.