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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. A member of the armed formations

Experts from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) presented the final reports and recommendations of the observation missions to the 2019 presidential and early parliamentary elections in Ukraine during a visit to Kyiv from 21 to 24 January 2020.

CHISINAU, 23 January 2020 – The new Special Representative of Albania’s OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the Transdniestrian Settlement Process, Ambassador Thomas Mayr-Harting, today concluded his first visit to Moldova in his new capacity.

Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded a similar number of ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and fewer in Luhansk region. A man was injured by an explosive device in non-government-controlled Pankivka. The Mission continued monitoring the security situation at

VIENNA, 23 January 2020 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, expressed today his concerns about several provisions in Ukraine’s new draft law on disinformation...

The Digital Platform for Public Participation, an online platform connecting residents and local institutions, was launched in Prizren on 22 January 2020 by Mayor Mytaher Haskuka and the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Jan Braathu...

Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and fewer in Luhansk region. The Mission continued monitoring the security situation at the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske. The SMM saw mines near