News and press releases

The OSCE Mission to Moldova organized a training event for 21 law students between 7 and 9 June 2017 to equip them with the knowledge and skills to deliver primary legal aid to vulnerable people across Moldova. Law students from Moldova’s north and south participated in the event, held at Vadul-lui-Vodă, a town by the Dniester/Nistru River...

The SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations both in Donetsk and Luhansk regions compared with the previous reporting period. The Mission continued to monitor the disengagement areas: it observed ceasefire violations near Zolote. Its access remained restricted there and elsewhere.* The SMM heard small-arms fire close to its unmanned aerial vehicle while it was flying over the Zolote disengagement area. The SMM confirmed civilian casualties from Marinka and Kamianka. It noted damage caused by gunfire or shelling to power lines near Mykhailivka power plant and assessed impact sites at military compounds close to residential areas in Sartana. The SMM observed a tank in violation of withdrawal lines in Avdiivka and saw weapons outside storage sites on both sides of the contact line. The SMM visited two border areas not under government control...

More ceasefire violations were recorded by the SMM in Donetsk region and fewer in Luhansk region compared with the previous reporting period. The Mission continued to monitor the disengagement areas: it observed ceasefire violations near Zolote, and a white flared being fired in Stanytsia Luhanska. Its access remained restricted there and elsewhere.* Damage to houses and a shop caused by shelling was observed and assessed by the SMM in Krasnohorivka and Pikuzy. The SMM saw weapons in violation of withdrawal lines on both sides of the contact line. It facilitated and monitored repairs to high voltage power lines between Mykhailivka and Almazna. In Kyiv the SMM followed up on reports of an explosion on the grounds of the Embassy of the United States...

VICENZA, Italy, 9 June 2017 – The second five-day OSCE simulation-based training course on combating human trafficking along migration routes concluded today at the Centre of Excellence for Stability Police Units (CoESPU) in Vicenza, Italy...

DUSHANBE, 9 June 2017 – A one-month Border Management Staff Course for Women Leaders concluded today at the OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe...

Representatives of government institutions and public organizations discussed topical issues of migration and the role of the OSCE in migration governance at an OSCE-organized roundtable discussion that took place in Ashgabat on 9 June 2017...

SKOPJE, 9 June 2017 – The Head of the OSCE Mission to Skopje Nina Suomalainen met today in Skopje with the newly elected Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and congratulated on his election as the Prime Minister...