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OSCE PA President calls for cancellation of “absurd” referendums in eastern Ukraine

Publishing date: 10 May 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 10 May 2014 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ranko Krivokapic today called on separatists in the Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts of eastern Ukraine to cancel planned referendums on self-rule scheduled for 11 May.

OSCE Chief Monitor condemns violence in Mariupol in eastern Ukraine

Publishing date: 9 May 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
KYIV, 9 May 2014- The Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan, said he was saddened to hear of the deadly fighting today in Mariupol, Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine...

Latest from the Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine- based on information received up until 8 May 2014, 18:00 (Kyiv time)

Publishing date: 9 May 2014
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
The situation in Ukraine was calm with the exception of Donbas, where high tensions persist.

Latest from the Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine- based on information received up until 7 May 2014, 19:00 (Kyiv time)

Publishing date: 9 May 2014
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
The situation in both the east and in some parts of southern Ukraine continued to be tense. Tensions in Luhansk remain. Central and western parts of the country remained calm.

OSCE invites political parties to sign Gender Equality Pledge ahead of 2014 elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Publishing date: 9 May 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Gender equality
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina welcomes today's release of the Gender Equality Pledge for Political Parties by the BiH Gender Equality Agency. The pledge will be open for all political parties in BiH to sign ahead of the 2014 general elections...

Media freedom situation in Ukraine continues to deteriorate drastically, says OSCE representative

Publishing date: 9 May 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
ISTANBUL, 9 May 2014 – OSCE Media Freedom Representative Dunja Mijatović today denounced once again the deteriorating media freedom situation in Ukraine, including new cases of kidnapping, attacks on and intimidation of journalists and attacks on the broadcasting infrastructure...

OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities visits Bosnia and Herzegovina

Publishing date: 9 May 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: National minority issues
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Astrid Thors visited Bosnia and Herzegovina from 5 to 7 May 2014. She met key actors to gain a more comprehensive picture of the situation of persons belonging to national minorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina...