News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE donates equipment for the removal of the unexploded ordnance to State Emergency Service of Ukraine
Publishing date: 14 April 2016
KYIV, 14 April 2016 – On behalf of the OSCE Secretariat and in close cooperation with the Project Coordinator in Ukraine (PCU), Deputy to the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine Jeffrey Erlich donated today to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SESU) the first lot of equipment for the removal of unexploded ordnances (UXO) in Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 13 April 2016
Publishing date: 14 April 2016
The SMM observed fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region compared with the previous day. In Luhansk the SMM observed a higher number of ceasefire violations compared with the previous day. The SMM noted that weapons were absent from storage sites and observed weapons in violation of withdrawal lines. The Mission monitored the retrieval of bodies from unmarked gravesites. It observed the presences of mines. The SMM noted long lines at checkpoints along the contact line. The SMM monitored one border crossing point not controlled by the Government. Armed men restricted the SMM’s movement in areas not controlled by the Government in several instances and the SMM was restricted in one instance in a government-controlled area...
Statement by Head of OSCE Mission to Skopje on President Ivanov’s decisions to pardon 56 individuals
Publishing date: 14 April 2016
SKOPJE, 14 April 2016- Head of the OSCE Mission to Skopje Nina Suomalainen has taken note of President Gjorge Ivanov’s 41 decisions published yesterday in the Official Gazette to pardon 56 individuals...
OSCE Chairmanship Special Representative, Gernot Erler expresses concern about Savchenko’s health and calls for her swift release
Publishing date: 14 April 2016
BERLIN, 14 April 2016 – As regards Nadiya Savchenko, the Ukrainian pilot imprisoned in the Russian Federation, Gernot Erler, Special Representative of the German Government for the OSCE Chairmanship, said today...
Countering intolerance and discrimination is vital to meeting current security challenges, say participants at OSCE meeting
Publishing date: 14 April 2016
VIENNA, 14 April, 2016 – Promoting tolerance and effectively countering discrimination are vital to ensuring security, and must be at the centre of policies to address current threats, participants said today at the opening of a two-day OSCE meeting in Vienna...
Debate on improving inter-ethnic relations in focus of OSCE-supported conference in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 14 April 2016
BATKEN, Kyrgyzstan, 14 April 2016 – An OSCE-supported conference aimed at promoting national unity and inter-ethnic harmony through improving inter-community relations took place today in Batken, southern Kyrgyzstan...
Afghan border police trainers develop instructional skills at OSCE, UNDP train-the-trainer course in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 14 April 2016
DUSHANBE, 14 April 2016 – Today 18 border officials from two brigades of Afghanistan’s Border Police successfully completed a two-week train-the-trainer course at the OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe, Tajikistan...