News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE media freedom representative deeply concerned about safety of journalists covering demonstrations in Mitrovicë/Mitrovica
Publishing date: 23 June 2014
VIENNA, 23 June 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today condemned the attacks on journalists in Mitrovicë/Mitrovica on 22 June, and urged for ensuring journalists’ safety when covering demonstrations...
OSCE PA Annual Session: Condemnation of Russia’s actions in Ukraine among proposed supplementary resolutions
Publishing date: 23 June 2014
COPENHAGEN, 23 June 2014 – A condemnation of Russia’s actions during the ongoing crisis in Ukraine is among more than a dozen supplementary resolutions submitted for parliamentarians to consider at the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Annual Session in Baku, which runs from 28 June to 2 July...
Municipalities in Kosovo should further improve compliance with languages law, says OSCE Mission report
Publishing date: 23 June 2014
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 23 June 2014 – Municipalities in Kosovo should further improve their compliance with the Law on the Use of Languages, concludes an OSCE Mission report presented today...
OSCE representative condemns threats against TV crew in Bosnia and Herzegovina, calls for full investigation
Publishing date: 23 June 2014
VIENNA, 23 June 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today condemned the attack on a television crew in Bosnia and Herzegovina and called on the authorities for a full and swift investigation...
Bialiatski’s release “hopefully a sign of more to come,” says OSCE PA’s Holm
Publishing date: 23 June 2014
COPENHAGEN, 23 June 2014 – Christian Holm (MP, Sweden), the Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Ad Hoc Working Group on Belarus, today welcomed the release of human rights activist Ales Bialiatski after nearly three years into his prison term, calling the move “hopefully a sign of more to come”...
OSCE facilitates video-conference on implementing Aarhus Convention in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 23 June 2014
More than 30 experts from the Environment and Water Resources Ministry of Kazakhstan, Aarhus Centres, academia and environmental non-governmental organizations took part in a video-conference on the draft Strategic Plan 2015–2020 for the implementation of the Aarhus Convention in Kazakhstan, on 23 June 2014 in Astana...
Latest from the Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine based on information received until 20 June 2014, 18:00 (Kyiv time)
Publishing date: 21 June 2014
The situation across the country was calm, except parts of Donbas where tensions remained. In Luhansk a military convoy, of unknown origin, consisting of three tanks and ten BTRs (armoured personnel carriers), was seen. The Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) observed customs procedures on the administrative boundary line between Kherson region and Crimea. Four SMM monitors from the Donetsk team have been missing for 26 days and four SMM monitors from the Luhansk team for 23 days.