News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 13 September 2016
Publishing date: 14 September 2016
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...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30, 12 September 2016
Publishing date: 13 September 2016
The SMM recorded a decrease in ceasefire violations in Donetsk region compared with 11 September...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30, 11 September 2016
Publishing date: 12 September 2016
The SMM recorded a sharp increase of ceasefire violations in Donetsk region on both 10 and 11 September, including 515 and 116 explosions respectively, compared with 36 explosions recorded in the previous period...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Special Representative Sajdik calls for sustainable ceasefire in Ukraine during Russian Federation visit
Publishing date: 12 September 2016
BERLIN, 12 September 2016- The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Ambassador Martin Sajdik, had meetings in Moscow, from 8 to 10 September, with the Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, Sergey Lavrov, the Aide to the President of the Russian Federation, Vladislav Surkov, as well as with the representatives of the Russian Federation in the TCG, Boris Gryzlov and Azamat Kulmukhametov...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30, 9 September 2016
Publishing date: 10 September 2016
The SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations both in Donetsk and Luhansk regions compared with the previous reporting period...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30, 8 September 2016
Publishing date: 9 September 2016
The SMM recorded an increase in ceasefire violations, but a decrease in explosions in Donetsk region, 63 compared with 139 explosions in the previous reporting period...
German OSCE Chairmanship sharply condemns latest nuclear test in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Publishing date: 9 September 2016
BERLIN, 9 September 2016- Germany, also in its capacity as the OSCE Chairmanship in 2016, has declared its sharp condemnation of the latest nuclear test in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)...