News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 29/2020 issued on 5 February 2020
Publishing date: 5 February 2020
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The Mission continued monitoring the security situation at the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske. It saw six weapons both in
OSCE Mission to Skopje, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Media Ethics Council call for no hate speech in the media, especially during pre-election period
Publishing date: 5 February 2020
SKOPJE, 5 February 2020 – At a press conference today in Skopje, the OSCE Mission to Skopje, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Council of Media Ethics, called for awareness to prevent hate speech in the media, especially during the pre-election period...
Addressing anti-Semitism requires co-ordinated and inclusive approach, say participants at high-level Tirana conference
Publishing date: 4 February 2020
TIRANA, 4 February 2020 – At a high-level OSCE Chairmanship conference today, participants called for a co-ordinated effort, incorporating the experiences of targeted communities, to curb the tide of anti-Semitism in the OSCE region. This year’s annual event, organized by Albania’s 2020 OSCE Chair, brought together OSCE officials, representatives of participating States, Partners for Co-operation, international organizations and civil society to assess current challenges and share good practices in responding to anti-Semitism.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 28/2020 issued on 4 February 2020
Publishing date: 4 February 2020
Summary Compared with the previous 24 hours, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Small-arms fire was assessed as aimed at SMM mini-unmanned aerial vehicles near government-controlled Yurivka and the non-government-controlled Kuibyshevskyi district of
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 4 February 2020
Publishing date: 4 February 2020
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 compared to the previous week...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 27/2020 issued on 3 February 2020
Publishing date: 3 February 2020
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, between the evenings of 31 January and 1 February, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Between the evenings of 1 and 2 February, the Mission recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and
OSCE Media Freedom Representative relieved that suspended sentence and probationary ban of Ukrainian RFE/RL journalist in Crimea came to an end
Publishing date: 3 February 2020
VIENNA, 3 February 2020 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, said today that he is relieved that Mykola Semena’s suspended sentence came to an end.