News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 211/2019 issued on 6 September 2019
Publishing date: 6 September 2019
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and more in Luhansk region. Inside the Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area the Mission saw the removal of concrete barriers and the widening of the road approaching the bridge. The
Sustaining progress achieved is key to improving security and alleviating civilian hardship says OSCE SMM Chief Monitor in Permanent Council address
Publishing date: 6 September 2019
VIENNA, 6 September 2019 – A recommitment to the unlimited ceasefire that started on 21 July is a major contributing factor towards the improvement of the security situation in eastern Ukraine, SMM Chief Monitor Yaşar Halit Çevik said yesterday in his address to the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna...
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities conducts high-level visit to Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 6 September 2019
NUR-SULTAN, 6 September 2019- OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Lamberto Zannier is concluding today his first official visit to Kazakhstan since taking up his mandate...
Albania local elections 2019: ODIHR observation mission final report
Publishing date: 6 September 2019
Following Albania’s local elections on 30 June 2019, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has published its final report. While voting was conducted in a generally peaceful and orderly manner, the elections were held with little regard for the interests of the
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 210/2019 issued on 5 September 2019
Publishing date: 5 September 2019
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and a similar number of ceasefire violations in Luhansk region. While conducting an impact site assessment in Pikuzy, the Mission heard small-arms fire and saw a bullet impact the
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan conducts study visit and media tour on sustainable mobility and urban planning to Scandinavian cities
Publishing date: 5 September 2019
A four-day study visit to Copenhagen and Malmo organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan in co-operation with the Nordic Council of Ministers concluded on 5 September. Representatives of the municipality of Tashkent responsible for urban and mobility planning and members of the Cycling Federation of Uzbekistan had a chance to learn best practices of sustainable city mobility planning.
OSCE presents community policing approach in multi-ethnic society in Nur-Sultan
Publishing date: 5 September 2019
On 3 September 2019, some 40 representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakh-stan, police, NGOs and representatives of the diplomatic corps participated in an event on inclusive and effective community policing in multi-ethnic societies. The event took place in the framework of the visit to Kazakhstan of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Mi-norities, Lamberto Zannier.