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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Chairperson-in-Office Ann Linde presents Sweden’s 2021 priorities to Permanent Council
Publishing date: 14 January 2021
VIENNA/STOCKHOLM, 14 January 2021 — Over the coming year, the Swedish Chairpersonship will do its part to ensure that the OSCE can make a real difference on the ground and defend the principles on which the Organization was founded, said OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden Ann Linde in her virtual address to the Permanent Council today.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 8/2021 issued on 13 January 2021
Publishing date: 13 January 2021
Summary The SMM recorded 76 ceasefire violations in Donetsk region. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 50 ceasefire violations in the region. The Mission recorded no ceasefire violations in Luhansk region. In the previous reporting period, it recorded six ceasefire violations in the
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 7/2021 issued on 12 January 2021
Publishing date: 12 January 2021
Summary The SMM recorded 50 ceasefire violations in Donetsk region, including 36 explosions. In the previous 24 hours, it recorded 33 ceasefire violations in the region. The Mission recorded six ceasefire violations in Luhansk region. In the previous 24 hours, it recorded 16 ceasefire violations in
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 12 January 2021
Publishing date: 12 January 2021
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 compared to the previous week...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 6/2021 issued on 11 January 2021
Publishing date: 11 January 2021
Summary Between the evenings of 8 and 10 January, the SMM recorded 74 ceasefire violations in Donetsk region. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 13 ceasefire violations in the region. Between the evenings of 8 and 10 January, the Mission recorded two ceasefire violations in Luhansk
Kyrgyzstan’s well-run presidential election impaired by uneven playing field for candidates, international observers say
Publishing date: 11 January 2021
BISHKEK, 11 January 2021 – Despite a large number of candidates and initiatives to improve the election process, the integrity of Kyrgyzstan’s early presidential election was weakened by a major imbalance in the outreach and visibility of the candidates as well as allegations of misuse of public resources, international observers to the presidential election said in a statement today.
Lack of real competition and limitations to fundamental freedoms left voters without genuine choice in Kazakhstan’s parliamentary elections, international observers say
Publishing date: 11 January 2021
NUR-SULTAN, 11 January 2021 – While preparations for Kazakhstan’s parliamentary elections were efficiently run, an uncompetitive campaign and systemic de facto limitations on constitutionally guaranteed fundamental freedoms left voters without genuine choice, thus missing an opportunity to pilot the announced political reforms, international observers to the parliamentary elections said in a statement today.