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The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the implementation of the Minsk agreements”. The SMM verified the withdrawal of some tanks in the Luhansk region, as stipulated in the Addendum to the Package of measures. Its monitoring was restricted by the parties and security considerations*. The situation in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions was relatively calm, although the SMM heard several explosions...

BELGRADE, 9 October 2015 – Modern security challenges highlight the need for the more effective implementation of the OSCE Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security and therefore raising awareness among military personnel and staff officers, diplomats and civil society representatives about this document is vital, said participants of a four-day joint Serbian-Swiss workshop that concluded today in Belgrade...

Young people from ethnic minority communities in Georgia are increasingly interested in learning the Georgian language as a means to improve their socio-economic opportunities, the “Research Study on Multilingual Education in Georgia” commissioned by the OSCE High Commissioner on National

The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the implementation of the Minsk agreements”. Its monitoring was restricted by the parties and security considerations. The situation in Donetsk and Luhansk regions was relatively calm, although the SMM heard several explosions. In Luhansk region, the SMM received further withdrawal plans. Verification of withdrawal stipulated in the Addendum to the Package of measures was not scheduled for the reporting period...

PRISHTINË/PRISTINA, 8 October 2015 – The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Jean-Claude Schlumberger, condemned the violent acts in the Assembly of Kosovo today during the opposition’s efforts to block the proceedings...

The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the implementation of the Minsk agreements”. Its monitoring was restricted by the parties and security considerations. The situation in Donetsk and Luhansk regions was relatively calm, although the SMM heard over a dozen explosions and sporadic small-arms fire. The SMM monitored the withdrawal of tanks required under the Addendum to the Package of measures in Luhansk region...

GENEVA, Switzerland, 7 October 2015- The participants have just concluded the thirty-third round of the Geneva International Discussions. The deliberations were constructive and substantive. The Co-Chairs were encouraged to see frank and open exchanges taking place despite persistent diverging views...