News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE supports study visit to Austria and Switzerland on green technology for Kazakhstan delegation
Publishing date: 23 November 2016
The OSCE Programme Office in Astana organized a study visit to the Austrian Energy Institute in Vienna, Austria and the Green Technologies Centre Umweltarena in Spreitenbach, Switzerland for a group of three high-level Energy Ministry officials and one civil society expert to familiarize with the operations of green technologies centres from 21 to 23 November 2016...
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 22 November 2016
Publishing date: 23 November 2016
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...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30, 21 November 2016
Publishing date: 22 November 2016
The SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region compared with 20 November, most of them concentrated in the Avdiivka-Donetsk airport area. In Luhansk region the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations compared with 20 November. The SMM continued to monitor the disengagement process in Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske, and faced restrictions of its freedom of movement in all three areas.* It observed queues at entry-exit checkpoints near Stanytsia Luhanska during the morning hours. The SMM monitored the withdrawal of weapons. It monitored repairs to essential infrastructure in Krasnyi Lyman. In Kyiv, Kharkiv and Ivano-Frankivsk the Mission observed two peaceful public gatherings...
Media issues in Albania discussed at second annual Media Development Forum organized by OSCE Presence
Publishing date: 22 November 2016
Journalists, parliamentarians, media association representatives and experts discussed the key issues concerning Albanian media at the second Media Development Forum on 22 November 2016 in Tirana...
OSCE supports seminar for election observers on enhancing electoral rights of people with disabilities
Publishing date: 22 November 2016
ASTANA, 22 November 2016 – Election observers and Members of the Central Election Commission (CEC) took part today in Astana in an OSCE-supported training seminar on various aspects of the electoral rights of people with disabilities and the elderly...
OSCE media freedom representative seeks quick and thorough investigation of threats against journalist in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 22 November 2016
NEW YORK, 22 November 2016 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today wrote to Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Igor Crnadak, requesting that responsible institutions conduct a swift and thorough investigation into the death threats against Slobodan Vasković, a journalist based in Banja Luka...
Youth actors from Serbia and Albania receive support from OSCE field operations in enhancing regional connectivity
Publishing date: 22 November 2016
A five-day training course on project cycle management for representatives of youth civil society organizations from Serbia and Albania, started on 21 November 2016 in Zlatibor, Serbia, as part of a wider project on enhancing regional connectivity among youth actors from the two states...