News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Border Management Staff College, UNODC regional workshop focuses on effective measures to combat illegal drug traffic
Publishing date: 15 August 2014
DUSHANBE, 15 August 2014 – A week-long workshop aimed at enhancing the capacity of law enforcement agencies and judicial institutions in West and Central Asia to dismantle criminal networks involved in illicit drug trafficking, concluded today at the OSCE Border Management Staff College...
Latest update by the OSCE Observer Mission at the Russian checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk, based on information received as of 22hrs, 4 August 2014
Publishing date: 4 August 2014
KAMENSK-SHAKHTINSKY, Russian Federation, 4 August 2014- On 1-2 August 2014 Ukrainian army officers made contact with the OSCE Observer Mission (OM) to request OSCE assistance to open a passageway to the Gukovo border crossing point (BCP) of the Russian Federation (RF) for several hundred Ukrainian servicemen. On 2 August, an initial group of 12 Ukrainian troops crossed into the RF. On 4 August, the OSCE Observer Mission witnessed the passage of 437 Ukrainian servicemen. They were sent to a nearby transit facility and, according to the local Russian authorities, all of them were set to return to Ukraine in the hours to come.
Spot report by the OSCE observer mission at the Russian checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk, 3 August 2014
Publishing date: 4 August 2014
Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, Russian Federation, 3 August 2014- Fighting between Ukrainian troops and militants resumed around Gukovo Border Crossing Point (BCP). Two shells fell in the BCP compound one of which provoked light building damage.
OSCE organizes children’s camp to build confidence across borders
Publishing date: 30 July 2014
A summer environmental camp "Borderline Commonwealth: Issyk-Kul 2014" organized by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek in co-operation with the State Border Service was opened on 25 July 2014 on the lake Issyk-Kul in Kyrgyzstan...
Deployment of OSCE observers to the Russian Federation one element to de-escalate situation, Chair says, calling for further and broader measures to follow suit
Publishing date: 24 July 2014
Bern, July 24, 2014 – Noting today’s consensus decision of the OSCE Permanent Council to deploy an Observer Mission to two checkpoints of Donetsk and Gukovo on the Russian-Ukrainian border, the Chairperson-in-Office and Swiss Foreign Minister, Didier Burkhalter, stressed the confidence-building character of this measure.
OSCE organizes study visit of Tajik, Kyrgyz experts to Estonia on border delimitation and demarcation
Publishing date: 23 July 2014
DUSHANBE, 23 July 2014 – A five-day OSCE-supported study visit to Estonia for participants from Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan on good practices in border demarcation and delimitation concluded today...
Participants from Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan learn about cross-border trade at OSCE / UNECE event
Publishing date: 23 July 2014
DUSHANBE, 23 July 2014 – A three-day workshop for participants from Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan on simplifying and harmonizing procedures for international trade concluded at the OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe today...