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 19 November 2019
Publishing date: 19 November 2019
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. The eighty-ninth Russian convoy crossed into Ukraine and returned through the Donetsk BCP...
OSCE and Regional Youth Co-operation Office hold training course on project writing for Montenegrin civil society organizations
Publishing date: 19 November 2019
In preparation for the fourth Regional Youth Co-operation Office (RYCO) Call for Proposals, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, together with the RYCO Local Branch Office, organized a training course for potential applicants from 15 to 18 November 2019 in Podgorica...
OSCE workshop in Baku explores how to improving co-operation between private and public sectors in fighting cybercrime
Publishing date: 19 November 2019
Representatives from Azerbaijan’s Government, the Council of Europe, Facebook, Microsoft, the Austrian Institute of Technology and Ordina Belgium, among others, participated in a workshop on how to enhance co-operation between the private and public sector to fight cybercrime on 19 November 2019 in Baku...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 273/2019 issued on 18 November 2019
Publishing date: 18 November 2019
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, between the evenings of 15 and 16 November, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and fewer in Luhansk region. Between the evenings of 16 and 17 November, the Mission recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and
OSCE trains trainers on document security in North Macedonia
Publishing date: 18 November 2019
An OSCE train-the-trainers course on detecting forged travel documents and imposters concluded on 15 November 2019 in Skopje, North Macedonia...
OSCE Media Freedom Representative condemns shooting of journalist in Italy, calls for full investigation
Publishing date: 18 November 2019
VIENNA, 18 November 2019 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, strongly condemned today the shooting of the journalist Mario De Michele, which took place on 14 November, in Italy...
Mission to Montenegro organizes a training course on building business skills for vulnerable categories of women
Publishing date: 18 November 2019
A four-day training course on business skills for women from vulnerable categories, organized by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, concluded on 14 November 2019 in Bar...