News and press releases

The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the implementation of the Minsk agreements”. Its monitoring was restricted by third parties and security considerations*; persistent jamming of SMM UAVs over “DPR”-controlled areas was during the reporting period a major hindrance to monitoring in those areas. The SMM continued to observe ceasefire violations at and around the Donetsk airport. The situation was calm in and around Shyrokyne. The Luhansk region remained largely calm although the SMM noted indications of recent fighting...

PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 10 July 2015 – The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Jean-Claude Schlumberger, today condemned two incidents affecting the Kosovo Serb community in the village of Goraždevac/Gorazhdevc in Pejë/Peć municipality...

HELSINKI, 10 July 2015 – Members of the OSCE Troika, represented by the current and previous Chairpersons-in-Office- Ivica Dačić, Serbia's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Didier Burkhalter, Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland, and the Special Representative of the incoming Chairmanship, Gernot Erler of Germany, met today on the margins of the OSCE Informal High-Level Meeting commemorating the fortieth anniversary of the adoption of the Helsinki Final Act. The members of the Troika were also received by the Finnish President Sauli Niinistö...

The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the implementation of the Minsk agreements”. Its monitoring was restricted by third parties and security considerations*. The SMM observed a sharp increase of ceasefire violations at and around the Donetsk airport. The situation around Shyrokyne was calm. The SMM continued to facilitate demining and repairs at a major water pipeline between Maiorsk and Horlivka.

The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the implementation of the Minsk agreements”. Its monitoring was restricted by third parties and security considerations*. The SMM continued to observe ceasefire violations at and around the Donetsk airport. The SMM assessed damage in a number of places following shelling incidents.

CHISINAU, 8 July 2015 – The Special Representative of the Serbian OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the Transdniestrian settlement process, Ambassador Radojko Bogojević, today concluded his second visit to the region in one week, following on from a visit to Chisinau on 30 June...

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