News and press releases

Twenty-six women officials specialized in border security and management from Afghanistan and Tajikistan graduated from the Border Management Awareness Course at the OSCE Border Management Staff College (BMSC) on 31 August 2017 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan...

The SMM recorded more ceasefire violations, including more explosions, in Donetsk region and fewer in Luhansk region compared with the previous reporting period. The Mission continued monitoring the disengagement areas; it recorded a ceasefire violation near Stanytsia Luhanska. Its access remained restricted in the disengagement areas and elsewhere, including in Horlivka and Rozivka. A “DPR” member again prevented the SMM from flying its unmanned aerial vehicle over the Donetsk Filtration Station. Aerial imagery available to the SMM revealed the presence of four self-propelled howitzers in violation of withdrawal lines near Ternove. The Mission continued to facilitate and monitor repairs and maintenance to infrastructure in Vesela Hora, Shchastia and Krasnyi Lyman. The SMM visited a border area not under government control in Luhansk region. In Poltava region, the Mission monitored four public gatherings...

A four-day training retreat for civil society, social workers and lawyers working with ill-treatment victims concluded on 30 August 2017 in Bahoriston, Sughd region. A similar training was conducted in Nurek from 21 to 24 August 2017...

The OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek brought together thirty Central Asian Youth Network (CAYN) alumni from five Central Asian states as well as Afghanistan and Mongolia. The CAYN 2017 Reboot Camp took place on 29 August- 1 September 2017 in Bulan-Soggotu village, Kyrgyzstan...

Five participants from the Central Asian Youth Network (CAYN) met with OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger in Vienna on 30 August 2017 and discussed security issues in Central Asia, the OSCE’s work and its comprehensive approach to security...

DUSHANBE, 31 August 2017- Twenty-six women officials specialized in border security and management from Afghanistan and Tajikistan graduated today from the Border Management Awareness Course at the OSCE Border Management Staff College (BMSC) in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

VIENNA, 31 August 2017- The OSCE is closing its Office in Yerevan today.