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The SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions compared with the previous reporting period. The SMM followed up on a civilian casualty in a residential area of Pivdenne. The Mission observed fresh damage caused from gunfire in a residential area of Zolote-5 (Mykhailivka). The SMM continued monitoring the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske; it recorded a ceasefire violation inside the Zolote disengagement area. The Mission’s access remained restricted in all three disengagement areas as well as in Molodizhne and Zaichenko. The Mission continued to facilitate the operation of the Donetsk Filtration Station, including through monitoring the security situation around the station, as well as repairs and maintenance to the Petrivske pumping station near Artema and a water pipeline in Obozne...

The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), in partnership with the Office of the Polish Commissioner for Human Rights, surveyed people of African descent and Muslims in Warsaw, and Ukrainians in Krakow in a study designed to provide a better understanding of the scale of

SARAJEVO, 29 June 2018 – The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) concluded today in Zenica the last in a series of workshops on the professional reporting and protection mechanisms for journalists and media professionals. The workshops, held in Mostar, Banja Luka, Brcko, Bihac and Zenica, gathered around 100 journalists, students of journalism, photojournalists and cameramen. They were designed to familiarize journalists with the legal framework and professional standards governing their rights and obligations in order for them to be able to perform their duties and tasks in a professional manner...

Good practices related to the secondment and deployment of election observers was the focus of a meeting with national focal points for election observation held by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw on 28 and 29 June 2018. The meeting – the first of its

Members of the OSCE Mediterranean Points of Contact Network on border security and management completed an intensive and interactive five-day training course on various topics related to their work on 29 June 2018 at the headquarters of the Malta Police Force in Floriana...

The first edition of a training course organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo for young community activists entitled “Leaders against intolerance and violent extremism (LIVE)” concluded on 29 June 2018 in Prishtinë/Priština...

To promote and support international police training and co-operation, the OSCE Police Academies Network (PAN) was established in Vienna on 29 June 2018 as an outcome of a project developed by the Strategic Police Matters Unit at the Transnational Threats Department...