News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE-supported project on asset seizure, management and re-use in fight against organized crime and corruption in South-Eastern Europe continues
Publishing date: 4 June 2020
The Balkan Asset Management Interagency Network (BAMIN) Steering Group held an online meeting, supported by the OSCE, on 3 June 2020...
OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina donates IT equipment to Home for Children without Parental Care “Dom porodica” in Zenica
Publishing date: 4 June 2020
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), as part of its wider initiative to support the country in its pandemic response, on 4 June 2020 in Zenica, provided IT equipment for the social protection institution “Dom porodica”, a home for children without parental care...
OSCE SMM Spot Report 29/2020: Small-arms fire damages SMM camera system near Petrivske disengagement area
Publishing date: 3 June 2020
On 3 June, an SMM patrol was tasked with maintenance of the SMM camera system located about 200m east of the north-eastern corner of the disengagement area near Petrivske (non-government-controlled, 41km south of Donetsk) after the Mission had lost video feeds from the camera system at about 14:30 on 2 June. The system consists of a daylight and a thermal camera and is generally directed south-west towards the disengagement area. The patrol saw that both boxes housing the cameras had sustained damage, assessed as caused by small-arms fire...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 131/2020 issued on 3 June 2020
Publishing date: 3 June 2020
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Members of the armed formations continued to deny the SMM passage at checkpoints along official crossing routes in Donetsk and Luhansk regions.* The Mission
Students of Max van der Stoel Award from Jajce invest in their schools
Publishing date: 3 June 2020
On 3 June 2020, high school students from the Municipality of Jajce, represented by the Student Council of the Secondary Vocational School Jajce, handed over IT equipment for the Secondary Vocational School and “Nikola Sop” Secondary School, with the support of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH)...
UN Office on Drugs and Crime and OSCE deliver online training course to enhance Turkmenistan’s capacities in countering terrorist financing
Publishing date: 3 June 2020
A three-day online training course aimed at strengthening the capacity of Turkmenistan to counter terrorist financing was organized from 1 to 3 June 2020. Eighteen experts and practitioners from the Financial Monitoring Service under the Ministry of Finance and Economy, the Ministries of Internal Affairs and of National Security, and the Prosecutor’s Office of Turkmenistan participated in the course...