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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Netherlands parliamentary elections competitive and pluralistic, OSCE/ODIHR final report says; recommends codifying existing regulations, reviewing proxy voting, ensuring full voting rights of persons with mental disabilities
Publishing date: 7 June 2017
While the 15 March 2017 parliamentary elections in the Netherlands were conducted in a professional manner and characterized by a high level of public confidence in the election administration, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) recommends in its final report that
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 6 June 2017
Publishing date: 7 June 2017
Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). The overall number of border crossings by persons decreased at both BCPs...
OSCE supports training of cybercrime and digital forensics investigators from Azerbaijan and Georgia on using the Python programming language in investigations
Publishing date: 7 June 2017
A five-day regional training course for 16 cybercrime and digital forensics investigators from Azerbaijan and Georgia focusing on using the Python programming language for the retrieval of digital evidence, started on 5 June 2017 in Tbilisi...
OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek supports discussion on risks of violent radicalization in penitentiary facilities
Publishing date: 7 June 2017
More than 70 representatives of Kyrgyzstan’s law enforcement bodies, the State Service for the Execution of Punishment (SSEP), the Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of Kyrgyzstan, the expert community and international organizations discussed the issues of violent radicalization in penitentiary facilities on 2 June 2017 in Bishkek...
Latest from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30, 5 June 2017
Publishing date: 6 June 2017
The SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions compared with the previous 24 hours. The Mission continued monitoring the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske. Its access remained restricted there and in non-government controlled areas of Donetsk region.* The Mission saw weapons in violation of withdrawal lines and noted weapons missing from holding sites. It confirmed a number of civilian casualties in the Petrovskyi district of Donetsk city, Krasnohorivka and Staromykhailivka, including the death of a woman and the wounding of a nine-year-old boy. The SMM also observed recent shelling damage in the Petrovskyi district and Staromykhailivka. The SMM visited a border area not under Government control...
Press release by the OSCE Chairmanship regarding monitoring exercises conducted by the Office of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the conflict dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Conference
Publishing date: 6 June 2017
VIENNA, 6 June 2017 – Responding to media enquiries, a spokesperson of the OSCE Chairmanship today said...
OSCE Chairmanship raises concern over Khurcha case
Publishing date: 6 June 2017
VIENNA, 6 June 2017- Reacting to the decision of the Abkhaz “military prosecutor’s office” to quit criminal prosecution in the case of the murder of Georgian citizen Giga Otkhozoria on 19 May 2016, announced at the 46th meeting of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) in Gali on 31 May 2017, a spokesperson of the OSCE Chairmanship said today...