News and press releases

VIENNA, 30 June 2017 – The OSCE website (www.osce.org) is as of today available in all six of the Organization’s official languages – English, French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish, extending the OSCE’s outreach to millions more people across the world...

Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). The overall number of border crossings by persons increased at both BCPs...

The SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region, however, fewer explosions than in the previous reporting period. In Luhansk region the Mission recorded a significant increase in ceasefire violations compared with the previous reporting period, mostly east and south-east of Popasna. The Mission continued monitoring the three disengagement areas; it recorded ceasefire violations near Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area. Its access remained restricted there and elsewhere, including again in Novoazovsk.* The SMM assessed an impact site in Sentianivka. It facilitated and monitored repairs to electricity lines and water pipes near Zolote. The SMM visited four border areas not under government control where it continued to see vehicles with “DPR” plates enter or leave Ukraine. The Mission monitored celebrations of Constitutional Day in Dnipro and Kharkiv and a protest in Kyiv...

KYIV, 29 June 2017 – The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) will hold its regular news briefing on Friday, 30 June in Kyiv...

The SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk and Luhansk regions compared with the previous reporting period. The Mission continued monitoring the three disengagement areas; it recorded ceasefire violations near Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area. Its access remained restricted there and elsewhere.* It assessed impact sites in Vesela Hora. The Mission saw weapons in violation of withdrawal lines on both sides of the contact line. It facilitated and monitored repairs to electricity lines and water pipes near Zolote. The SMM visited a border area not under government control. A vehicle explosion killed a Ministry of Defence official in Kyiv...

The SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions compared with the previous 24 hours. The SMM assessed a number of impact sites near Shchastia. The Mission continued monitoring the disengagement areas; it recorded ceasefire violations inside and near the Zolote disengagement area and saw a white signal flare fired from near a checkpoint south of the Stanytsia Luhanska bridge. Its access remained restricted there and elsewhere, including at a checkpoint near Sidove. The SMM continued to monitor the situation of civilians travelling across the Stanytsia Luhanska bridge. The SMM visited one border area not under government control. It monitored gatherings in Dnipro and Odessa...

VIENNA 27 June 2017 – Dialogue, co-operation and willingness to compromise are crucial to addressing the current security challenges, said OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Austria’s Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz as he opened the three-day 2017 Annual Security Review Conference in Vienna today...