News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 279/2019 issued on 25 November 2019
Publishing date: 25 November 2019
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, between the evenings of 22 and 23 November, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and no ceasefire violations in Luhansk region. Between the evenings of 23 and 24 November, the Mission recorded more ceasefire violations in
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 278/2019 issued on 23 November 2019
Publishing date: 23 November 2019
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and more in Luhansk region. The SMM continued to monitor the situation in disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske. The Mission observed a weapon in violation
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 277/2019 issued on 22 November 2019
Publishing date: 22 November 2019
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and again no ceasefire violations in Luhansk region. Inside the Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area, the Mission observed workers from government-controlled areas installing metal
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities’ office organizes Regional School on Multilingual and Multicultural Education in Osh, Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 22 November 2019
The office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities organized a Regional School on Multilingual and Multicultural Education in Osh, Kyrgyzstan, from 18 to 22 November 2019, bringing together around 90 participants from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia and Tajikistan to share experiences
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 276/2019 issued on 21 November 2019
Publishing date: 21 November 2019
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and no ceasefire violations in Luhansk region. The construction work at Stanytsia Luhanska Bridge was finalized; civilians started walking over the new section of the bridge while
Spot Report by OSCE Observer Mission: 90th Russian convoy of eight vehicles crossed into Ukraine and returned through Donetsk Border Crossing Point
Publishing date: 21 November 2019
On 21 November at 06:30 (Moscow time), the ninetieth Russian convoy arrived at the Donetsk Border Crossing Point (BCP). A total of eight vehicles were checked by Russian Federation border guards and customs officers prior to their crossing into Ukraine. All eight vehicles had crossed back into the Russian Federation by 11:25 on 21 November...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 275/2019 issued on 20 November 2019
Publishing date: 20 November 2019
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The SMM continued to monitor the situation at the Petrivske disengagement area. The Mission observed ongoing dismantling of defensive positions and demining activities in