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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE celebrates International Women Human Rights Defenders Day in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 2 December 2019
On the occasion of International Women Human Rights Defenders Day, marked on 29 November, the OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan supported an event bringing together 40 experts, women’s rights activists, lawyers, and civil society representatives. Participants from Aktobe, Almaty, Nur-Sultan, Temirtau and Shymkent attended the event organized as a working breakfast. It took place within the framework of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence...
OSCE organizes study visit of Montenegrin airport officials to Amsterdam’s Schipol Airport
Publishing date: 2 December 2019
Seven officials from Montenegro’s international airports took part in a study visit to Amsterdam’s Schipol Airport on 28 and 29 November 2019 to learn about the newest techniques and trends in the field of airport security. The visit was organized by the Border Security and Management Unit of the OSCE Transnational Threats Department in close co-operation with the OSCE Mission to Montenegro as well as the Dutch Royal Marechaussee...
OSCE trains Tajik officials from Drug Control Agency on methods of investigating drug trafficking crimes on Internet
Publishing date: 2 December 2019
A three-day training course on methods of investigating drug trafficking crimes on the Internet concluded in Dushanbe on 28 November 2019...
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media welcomes new indictment in murder case of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia
Publishing date: 1 December 2019
VIENNA, 1 December 2019 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir today welcomed the bringing of criminal charges against businessman Yorgen Fenech for complicity in the murder of Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia on 16 October 2017...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 284/2019 issued on 30 November 2019
Publishing date: 30 November 2019
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations both in Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Small-arms fire occurred close to SMM patrol in non-government-controlled Pikuzy. The SMM continued to monitor the situation in the Zolote and Petrivske disengagement
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 283/2019 issued on 29 November 2019
Publishing date: 29 November 2019
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions. In fields inside the Zolote disengagement area, an SMM mini-unmanned aerial vehicle spotted again anti-tank mines, assessed as belonging to the armed formations.
OSCE Chair Lajčák visits reopened Stanytsia Luhanska Bridge; hails progress in building confidence but says major steps still needed to resolve conflict
Publishing date: 29 November 2019
KHARKOV/STANYTSIA LUHANSKA, Ukraine, 29 November 2019 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajčák, together with Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Vasyl Bodnar, today visited the repaired and reopened Stanytsia Luhanska Bridge...