News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 29 November 2016
Publishing date: 30 November 2016
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 increased at both BCPs...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30, 28 November 2016
Publishing date: 29 November 2016
The SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region compared with the evening of 27 and 28 November. In Luhansk region the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations compared with the evening of 27 and 28 November, with the majority having been recorded in areas along the contact line in the western part of the region. The SMM continued to monitor the disengagement areas in Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske, and faced restrictions of its freedom of movement in all three areas.*
Annual Donors Forum organized by OSCE Mission to Moldova held in Chisinau
Publishing date: 29 November 2016
The OSCE Mission to Moldova held its traditional Donors Forum for Transdniestrian civil society organizations on 29 November 2016 in Chisinau. This annual event gives donors and civil society organizations the opportunity to exchange information about their upcoming plans and priorities. It was attended by more than 80 participants and brought together a wide-range of initiative groups and non-governmental organisations from Transdniestria, with international agencies and embassies that are actively engaged as donors in Moldova.
OSCE and UK Home Office promote good practices on preventing slavery in supply chains
Publishing date: 29 November 2016
LONDON, United Kingdom, 29 November 2016- Ambassador Madina Jarbussynova, OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking and Sarah Newton, Minister for Vulnerability, Safeguarding and Countering Extremism of the government of the United Kingdom, opened today a workshop on preventing modern slavery in supply chains.
OSCE PA’s economic and environmental committee leaders applaud historic effort to contain Chernobyl contamination
Publishing date: 29 November 2016
COPENHAGEN, 29 November 2016 – Welcoming the unveiling of a giant new dome being placed over Chernobyl nuclear power plant’s fourth reactor in Ukraine – the site 30 years ago of the worst accident in the history of nuclear power in the world – the leadership of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s General Committee on Economic Affairs, Science, Technology and Environment today issued the following statement...
OSCE Mission to Serbia supports constitutional reform on enhancing judicial independence
Publishing date: 29 November 2016
BELGRADE, 29 November 2016 – More than 200 judges and experts from Serbia discussed the constitutional reform process during a conference organized by the Supreme Court of Cassation, the OSCE Mission to Serbia and the Council of Europe today in Belgrade...
Expert meeting on strengthening independence of national human rights institutions in OSCE region concludes in Warsaw
Publishing date: 29 November 2016
More than 30 representatives of national human rights institutions (NHRIs), international organizations and academia took part in an expert meeting on the independence of NHRIs hosted by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw on 28 and 29 November 2016.