News and press releases

The SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk and Luhansk regions compared with the previous reporting period. The SMM followed up on reports of a civilian casualty in Vrubivskyi. The Mission continued monitoring the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske; it recorded ceasefire violations inside the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska and Petrivske, including shots fired 200m and 700m from a patrol inside the Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area. Its access remained restricted in all three disengagement areas and elsewhere, including in Dovhe.* The Mission observed weapons in violation in Lysychansk and Vrubivka. The SMM continued to facilitate and monitor repairs of water pipelines in Maiorsk and electricity lines near Yuzhna-Lomuvatka, as well as to facilitate access to the Donetsk Filtration Station for its employees.

Indicators of money laundering, terrorism financing and corruption and best practices for interagency co-operation were discussed at an OSCE-organized seminar that concluded on 25 April 2018 in Ashgabat...

SARAJEVO, 25 April 2018 – A specialized three-day training course on trial advocacy in war crimes cases for prosecutors of the Special War Crimes Department on the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) concluded today in Sarajevo...

VIENNA, 25 April 2018- The continued functioning of OSCE confidence- and security- building measures (CSBMs) and arms control instruments is key to reducing the risk of conflict in Europe, said speakers at today’s OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation meeting in Vienna, held under Slovenia’s Chairmanship...

The OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department, in co-operation with the OSCE field operations, facilitated the participation of representatives of non-profit organizations from Central Asia and Eastern Europe in a direct dialogue on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) evaluation process and risk assessments for more effectively preventing money laundering and terrorist financing on 23 and 24 April 2018 in Vienna...

Forty-one specialists from Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan completed a two-week training course on explosive ordnance disposal in Dushanbe on 24 April 2018. The course was organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe as a part of its multi-year capacity-building effort...

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 decreased at both BCPs.