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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 230/2019 issued on 28 September 2019
Publishing date: 28 September 2019
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Inside the Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area, the SMM saw a temporary pedestrian bypass bridge being connected with the broken section of the Stanytsia Luhanska
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 229/2019 issued on 27 September 2019
Publishing date: 27 September 2019
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and the same number of ceasefire violations in Luhansk region. A man from the Trudivski area of Donetsk city’s Petrovskyi district was injured due to small-arms fire. Inside the
OSCE workshop explores measures to prevent human trafficking in the organization’s supply chains
Publishing date: 27 September 2019
A one-day workshop on how to prevent human trafficking in the OSCE’s supply chains was organized by the OSCE on 27 September 2019 in Belgrade. More than 50 of the organization’s staff working in procurement and human trafficking as well as experts from OSCE participating States, the academic community and the International Labour Organization attended...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo concludes first Youth Forum Academy
Publishing date: 27 September 2019
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo’s four-day Youth Forum Academy, held at Hotel International Prishtinë/Priština, concluded on 26 September 2019...
Strong parliamentary oversight essential for democracy and good governance, says OSCE PA President Tsereteli in Bishkek
Publishing date: 27 September 2019
BISHKEK, 27 September 2019 – Effective oversight may be the most important long-term contribution that parliamentarians can make to democracy and good governance in their country, stated President Tsereteli in a keynote speech to the participants of the international seminar on strengthening parliamentary oversight in the Kyrgyz Republic today...
OSCE-supported regional workshop in Minsk promotes best practices and effective regulations in averting anti-money laundering risks in the use of cryptocurrencies
Publishing date: 27 September 2019
Practitioners from Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine completed a three-day OSCE-supported workshop in Minsk on 26 September 2019, which focused on best practices and effective regulations to counter money laundering risks in the use of cryptocurrencies, and the criminalization of crypto-exchanges...
OSCE-supported conference discusses the future of open government data in Tashkent
Publishing date: 27 September 2019
The international conference Open Data Tashkent 2019 took place at Inha University in Tashkent on 27 September 2019. The event is part of the project Support of Uzbekistan in improvement of Open Data Management-2019. The project is implemented by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan together with the State Committee on Statistics, and the Ministry for the Development of Information Technologies and Communications.