News and press releases

WARSAW, 28 June 2017 – Witold Waszczykowski, Poland’s Minster of Foreign Affairs, and Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), signed an agreement today establishing relations with the OSCE within Poland, including the legal basis for ODIHR’s operations in the country...

The SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk and Luhansk regions compared with the previous reporting period. The Mission continued monitoring the three disengagement areas; it recorded ceasefire violations near Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area. Its access remained restricted there and elsewhere.* It assessed impact sites in Vesela Hora. The Mission saw weapons in violation of withdrawal lines on both sides of the contact line. It facilitated and monitored repairs to electricity lines and water pipes near Zolote. The SMM visited a border area not under government control. A vehicle explosion killed a Ministry of Defence official in Kyiv...

Representatives of the Judicial Academy of the Slovak Republic and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) signed an agreement on 28 June 2017 that will help Slovakian prosecutors and judges strengthen their ability to effectively prosecute hate crimes.

An OSCE-supported two-day training seminar on best practices in combating corruption concluded on 28 June 2017 in Astana...

A two-day training course on mentorship principles for women leaders, organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan, concluded in Dushanbe on 23 June 2017...

ASTANA, 28 June 2017 – The eleventh annual OSCE Central Asian Youth Network (CAYN) seminar began today on the premises of ForteBank’s head office in Astana...

The OSCE Mission to Montenegro supported a customized two-day workshop on conducting financial investigations in money laundering cases from 21 to 22 June 2017 in Podgorica...