News and press releases

The SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and fewer in Luhansk region, compared with the previous 24 hours. The SMM observed damage to civilian properties in Khrystove. The SMM continued monitoring the disengagement areas; it observed ceasefire violations near Zolote disengagement area. Its access remained restricted there and elsewhere.* The Mission saw weapons in violation of withdrawal lines. The SMM observed the presence of multiple pieces of unexploded ordnance of a multiple launch rocket system near Debaltseve. The Mission continued to facilitate and monitor repairs to high voltage power lines between Mykhailivka and Almazna. The SMM monitored two border areas not under government control. The Mission monitored a protest outside the Russian Federation Consulate in Kharkiv...

The OSCE Mission to Moldova partnered with the National Institute of Justice on 8 and 9 June to launch a new training cycle that aims to boost the capacity of justice sector actors to prosecute instances of domestic violence. The event, held in Chisinau, brought together 22 prosecutors and judges to study how to identify and assist domestic violence victims in the context of recent amendments to Moldovan legislation...

The OSCE Mission to Montenegro concluded a series of three workshops on empowerment of Roma and Egyptian women in Montenegro, on 6 June 2017....

Between the evenings of 9 and 10 June the Mission recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk and Luhansk regions and more than five times the number of explosions in Donetsk region compared with the previous reporting period. Between the evenings of 10 and 11 June, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and more in Luhansk region compared with the previous 24 hours. The SMM heard shots and bursts close to its unmanned aerial vehicle when it was flying near Mineralne. The SMM confirmed that two civilians from Marinka were injured and one from Petrovskyi district of Donetsk city. The Mission observed multiple impact sites in Oleksandrivka, Petrovskyi district, Vasylivka, Bezimenne and Sakhanka. On 11 June it was hindered from observing an impact site in Petrovskyi district by “DPR” members. The Mission continued monitoring the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske; it recorded ceasefire violations in Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area and observed an impact site near Pervomaisk. Its access remained restricted there and elsewhere.* In violation of the withdrawal lines, the Mission saw howitzers near Zaichenko. It observed recently excavated trenches near Shchastia. The Mission visited two border areas not under government control.

VIENNA, 12 June 2017- Energy security as a precondition for economic growth and stability in times of economic and political uncertainty was the focus of the OSCE Mediterranean Contact Group meeting held today in Vienna...

The first public-private partnership in the cybersecurity domain in Serbia was announced at the first national cybersecurity conference, entitled Partnerships for a Secure Cyber Space, held on 12 June 2017 in Belgrade...

VIENNA, 12 June 2017 – Participants in the second OSCE Gender Equality Review Conference in Vienna stressed today that more systematic and concrete action is needed to achieve progress advancing towards gender equality in the OSCE area.