News and press releases

The OSCE Presence in Albania launched a project aimed at strengthening the capacities and increasing transparency and accountability of the public procurement system in Albania, on 1 September 2020...

Some 35 participants from government bodies, academia, civil society and media-related NGOs participated in an online discussion on access to information in Kazakhstan. The OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan and the NGO Legal Media Centre jointly organized the event, held on 2 September.

KYIV, 2 September 2020 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Ambassador Heidi Grau, made the following statement to the press after the regular meetings of the TCG and its Working Groups held through video conferencing:

Summary The SMM recorded no ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and 63 in Luhansk region. In the previous reporting period, the Mission recorded one ceasefire violation in Donetsk region and none in Luhansk region. The Mission continued monitoring the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska,

The OSCE Transnational Threats Department and the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities launched an online preparatory training course for certification as a Fraud Examiner and Anti-Money Laundering Specialist on 2 September 2020...

Membership in the World Trade Organization as a balance of rights and obligations is the topic of an OSCE-organized online seminar that opened on 2 September 2020 in Ashgabat...

Summary The SMM recorded one ceasefire violation in Donetsk region (compared with none in the previous 24 hours) and none in Luhansk region (compared with 60 in the previous 24 hours). The SMM continued monitoring the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske. During evening