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OSCE starts consultations on sustainable, independent financing for Kosovo’s public broadcaster

Publishing date: 14 March 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Media freedom and development, Rule of law
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 14 March 2016- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo held today the first of a series of four roundtables to be held this month on the ways to secure financing for the public service broadcaster, Radio Television Kosovo (RTK)...

OSCE Chairperson Steinmeier and Secretary General Zannier condemn in strongest terms terror attack in Ankara

Publishing date: 14 March 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Countering terrorism
BERLIN / VIENNA, 14 March 2016 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, and OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier today expressed deep sorrow and condemned in the strongest terms yesterday’s terror attack in Ankara that killed at least 37 people and left more than 120 wounded.

OSCE Mission to Skopje co-organizes training course on how to spot falsified documents

Publishing date: 14 March 2016
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Border management
A one-week advanced training course, organised by the OSCE Mission to Skopje in co-operation with the German Federal Police and the Police Training Centre in Idrizovo, has started today for ten Border police officers on how to detect forged travel documents and certificates...

OSCE PA President deplores terror attack in Turkey

Publishing date: 14 March 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Countering terrorism
COPENHAGEN, 14 March 2016 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) issued the following statement on the 13 March terrorist attack in Ankara:...

OSCE launches call for nominations: Max van der Stoel Award 2016

Publishing date: 14 March 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: National minority issues
THE HAGUE, 14 March 2016 – OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Astrid Thors today launched a call for nominations for the Max van der Stoel Award...

OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports second regional session of Kyrgyz Parliament’s Women’s Forum

Publishing date: 14 March 2016
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Policing
The Women’s Forum of the Kyrgyz Parliament, with the support of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, held its second regional parliamentary session at Avrora resort centre of Issyk-Kul oblast, on 11 March 2016 with the aim of establishing a working group on the new law on police development...

Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 11 March 2016

Publishing date: 12 March 2016
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
The SMM observed a sharp increase in ceasefire violations in Donetsk region compared to the previous day. The situation remained stable in Luhansk. The Mission continued to monitor the withdrawal of weapons and conducted crater analysis. It continued to facilitate repair work to essential infrastructure. The SMM reached border crossing points in areas not controlled by the Government in both Luhansk and Donetsk regions. It encountered freedom-of-movement restrictions in areas not controlled by the Government, including in border areas.* The SMM observed physical confrontations at a courthouse in Odessa between Right Sector and pro-Maidan activists, and people accused of participating in 2 May 2014 clashes near the Trade Union building.