News and press releases

A team of experts from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) visited Podgorica from 29 May to 1 June 2017 to present the final report of the ODIHR election observation mission (EOM) for the 16 October 2016 parliamentary elections in Montenegro. The report’s findings

An OSCE-supported Canine Explosive Search Training Programme co-organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Astana and the United States Embassy in Kazakhstan concluded on 24 May 2017 in Astana...

In Donetsk region the Mission recorded more ceasefire violations, including more explosions, compared with the previous reporting period. In Luhansk region, the SMM recorded a similar number of ceasefire violations. The Mission observed damage to houses due to shelling in Pervomaisk. The Mission continued monitoring the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske. Its access remained restricted there and elsewhere.* The SMM saw weapons in violation of withdrawal lines on both sides of the contact line. The SMM facilitated and monitored repair works to a power line near Pervomaisk and a water pumping station in the northern outskirts of Luhansk city. The SMM monitored gatherings in Kyiv and Lviv...

The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine supported a five-day training course for officers of pilot mobile police teams on responding to cases of domestic violence from 22 to 26 May 2017 in Dnipro...

The last of three public expert discussions on the establishment and functioning of the High Anti-Corruption Court was held in Odesa, Ukraine on 30 May 2017, where experts and representatives of the civil society and the media voiced their opinions on how to create a Court that is efficient, transparent, fair and meets the principles enshrined in the country’s constitution...

Defining concrete steps to ensure access to identity documents for vulnerable Roma in Ukraine was the focus of a roundtable event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), in co-operation with the State Migration Service of Ukraine, on 30 and 31 May 2017 in Odesa.

VIENNA, 31 May 2017 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Austria’s Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz and OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier today condemned the bombing in the Afghan capital. They offered their condolences to the bereaved and wished the wounded a speedy recovery...