Newsroom
News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Multimedia journalism focus of OSCE-organized online seminar
Publishing date: 25 November 2021
The OSCE Centre in Ashgabat organized an online training course on multimedia journalism from 24 to 26 November 2021.
OSCE organizes study visit of Tajik delegation to Moscow on disaster prevention and management system
Publishing date: 25 November 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Environmental activities
A five-day OSCE-supported study visit to Moscow for participants from Tajikistan on disaster prevention and management system concluded on 19 November 2021.
OSCE workshop promotes best practices in the efficient use of energy sources in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 25 November 2021
International standards on efficient energy use and best practices of Energy Service Companies (ESCO) in OSCE participating States were discussed during an OSCE-organized online seminar in Ashgabat on 23 and 24 November 2021.
Press Statement of Special Representative Kinnunen after the regular Meeting of Trilateral Contact Group on 24 November 2021
Publishing date: 24 November 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
KYIV, 24 November 2021 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Ambassador Mikko Kinnunen, made the following statement to the press after the regular meetings of the TCG and its Working Groups held through video conferencing:..
OSCE SMM Spot Report 28/2021: Armed formations denied the SMM passage on two occasions at their checkpoint near Horlivka, Donetsk region
Publishing date: 24 November 2021
Content type: Spot report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
On 24 November, at 10:39, an SMM patrol consisting of two vehicles and five people arrived from Donetsk city at a checkpoint of the armed formations near Horlivka (non-government-controlled, 39km north-east of Donetsk), travelling to government-controlled areas. At the checkpoint, two visibly armed members of the armed formations denied the Mission passage, citing a “lack of permission” for the SMM to cross. At 14:54, the patrol returned to Donetsk city...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 276/2021 issued on 24 November 2021
Publishing date: 24 November 2021
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded 376 ceasefire violations, including 230 explosions, eight of which were assessed as a live-fire training exercise outside of the security zone. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 163 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the
OSCE Mission supports Ministry of Internal Affairs, Kosovo Police with translation equipment to improve bilingual public services
Publishing date: 24 November 2021