News and press releases

Elections experts from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) met with electoral stakeholders in Belgrade on 1 and 2 November 2017 to present the final report of ODIHR’s election assessment mission for the presidential election in Serbia on 2 April 2017. The report’s

An OSCE-supported three-day train-the-trainer course for law enforcement personnel on psychological profiling techniques to be used when policing large-scale events concluded in Karaganda, Kazakhstan, on 3 November 2017.

An OSCE-supported expert group discussion on developing national legislation on media took place on 2 November 2017 in Astana.

An OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on Kazakhstan’s recently adopted 2017–2021 Migration Policy Concept Paper, which relates to regulating external, internal, and ethnic migration in the country, took place on 3 November 2017 in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

The OSCE Mission to Montenegro, in co-operation with the Centre for Mediation, concluded a four-day training course for a new group of 20 mediators in family disputes on 2 November 2017 in Podgorica as part of its activities to support the government in judicial reform.

VIENNA, 2 November 2017 – In their addresses to the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna, the co-chairs of the Geneva International Discussions (GID) expressed satisfaction with the level of engagement by participants in the Discussions. At the same time, they stressed the need to make progress on the issue of the non-use of force and others on the agenda.

The SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region compared with the previous reporting period. In Luhansk region the Mission recorded a similar number of ceasefire violations – including, however, more explosions – compared with the previous reporting period. It followed up on a report of a civilian casualty in Dmytrivka. The SMM observed damage to houses due to shelling in Uzhivka. The Mission continued monitoring the disengagement areas and, while there, observed calm situations at each one; its access remained restricted in all three areas and elsewhere, including in Novolaspa and Siedove near the border with the Russian Federation. The SMM saw weapons in violation of withdrawal lines in Novoaidar and Lysychansk. The Mission visited four border areas not under government control. In Kyiv, the SMM monitored a gathering in front of the Cabinet of Ministers building and continued to monitor the gathering in front of the national Parliament building...