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 6 October 2015
Publishing date: 7 October 2015
Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). The overall cross-border traffic decreased at both BCPs. A thirty-ninth Russian Convoy crossed the Donetsk BCP...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 5 October 2015
Publishing date: 6 October 2015
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 remained calm, but the SMM heard a few 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...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 4 October 2015
Publishing date: 5 October 2015
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 remained generally calm. The SMM heard some explosions and small-arms fire. SMM monitored the withdrawal of weapons as required under the Addendum to the Package of measures. In Donetsk region, the SMM observed long civilian vehicle queues at several checkpoints...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 2 October 2015
Publishing date: 3 October 2015
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 remained generally calm, but the SMM heard some explosions and small-arms fire. Both Ukrainian Armed Forces and the “LPR” provided the SMM with some baseline information as required under the Addendum to the Package of measures.
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 1 October 2015
Publishing date: 2 October 2015
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 remained calm, with few explosions and sporadic small-arms fire heard by the SMM, the majority of which the SMM assessed to be training exercises...
The Helsinki principles have not lost their validity, says Chairperson Dačić while addressing Panel of Eminent Persons in Belgrade
Publishing date: 2 October 2015
BELGRADE, 2 October 2015 – The crisis in and around Ukraine has underscored the enduring relevance and the need to reaffirm, strengthen and safeguard the Helsinki principles, said OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić today in Belgrade as he addressed the Panel of Eminent Persons on European Security as a Common Project...
New security challenges amplify need for OSCE to adapt its peace operations, says OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Dačić at Ministerial event in New York
Publishing date: 2 October 2015
NEW YORK, 2 October 2015 – The emergence of increasingly complex, transnational and interconnected threats to security means the OSCE must look for ways to adapt its peace operations and its whole conflict-cycle toolbox, said OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić on Thursday at the start of a Ministerial event on the margins of the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York...