News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
The 89th Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism meeting takes place in Ergneti
Publishing date: 14 September 2018
ERGNETI, 14 September 2018-- The 89th Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) meeting took place in Ergneti...
Addressing anti-Semitism through education focus of event co-organized in Warsaw by OSCE Italian Chairmanship, ODIHR and group of OSCE delegations
Publishing date: 14 September 2018
How educational policy and practice can address anti-Semitism was at the centre of discussions at an event held on 14 September 2018 on the margins of the OSCE's Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw.
OSCE supports training seminar on managing corruption risks for public officials in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 14 September 2018
An OSCE-supported training seminar on corruption risks management in the public sector concluded on 14 September 2018 in Astana...
OSCE continues training Kazakhstan’s transport police on risk profiling
Publishing date: 14 September 2018
An OSCE-supported five-day training seminar on risk profiling techniques to ensure public safety at transportation facilities concluded on 14 September 2018 in Aktobe, Kazakhstan. The event was co-organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Astana and the Ministry of Internal Affairs...
ODIHR experts discuss electoral recommendations at Austrian Parliament
Publishing date: 14 September 2018
Experts from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) visited Vienna on 12 and 13 September 2018 to present ODIHR’s final report on the 15 October 2017 early parliamentary elections in Austria. The report’s findings and recommendations were presented at an expert
Good practices for building civil society coalitions to address intolerance and discrimination subject of OSCE/ODIHR event in Warsaw
Publishing date: 13 September 2018
Good practices for promoting tolerance and non-discrimination and the challenges that civil society may face in this work were the subject of an event held on 13 September 2018 by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on the margins of the Human Dimension
Latest from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30, 12 September 2018
Publishing date: 13 September 2018
The SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, compared with the previous reporting period. The Mission recorded ceasefire violations near the Zolote and Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement areas. It observed multiple launch rocket systems in violation of agreed withdrawal lines near Khrustalnyi. The Mission’s access remained restricted in the disengagement areas, as well as again near Verkhnoshyrokivske.* The SMM continued to facilitate the process of restarting operations at the Donetsk Filtration Station, following a power outage. The SMM continued to monitor repairs and maintenance work to water infrastructure in Stanytsia Luhanska and near Zolote, Artema and Krasnyi Lyman. In Kyiv, the SMM monitored a trial hearing of five former “Berkut” members accused of murder related to events at Maidan in 2014.