News and press releases

The overall security situation in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions remained tense. No substantive change to the situation in Donetsk city, which remains calm. Barricades on city access routes are being enlarged and strengthened. The so-called 'Donetsk People’s Republic' reported fighting in the area of Mospine (6 kilometres southeast of Donetsk).Other parts of Ukraine remained calm. The SMM has not reestablished communication with the four monitors from the Donetsk team and four monitors from the Luhansk team with whom it lost contact on 26 May and 29 May respectively...

VIENNA, 6 June 2014 – The holding of the Transdniestrian settlement negotiations is sending a positive signal, said the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the Transdniestrian Settlement Process Ambassador Radojko Bogojević today...

The overall security situation in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions remained tense. Donetsk city remained quiet. Fighting around Sloviansk and the south-western neighborhood of Luhansk is reported. Other parts of Ukraine remained calm. The SMM has not reestablished communication with the 4 monitors from the Donetsk team and 4 monitors from the Luhansk team, with whom it lost contact on 26 May and 29 May respectively.

YEREVAN, 4 June 2014 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter, on an official visit to Yerevan today commended Armenia for its close cooperation with the OSCE Office in the implementation of a broad range of domestic reforms. Burkhalter said, after his meeting with Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan, that the OSCE is committed to continue supporting the country on its path of democratic reform.

The overall security situation in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions remained tense. Donetsk city's security situation has remained calm over the last 24 hours. The potential for further armed conflict has created anxiety and fear among the city's population. Other parts of Ukraine remained calm. The SMM has not reestablished contact with the 4 monitors from the Donetsk team and 4 monitors from the Luhansk team with whom it lost contact on 26 May and 29 May respectively.

TBILISI/ERGNETI, 3 June 2014 – In Tbilisi, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter met with Georgia’s President GiorgiMargvelashvili, Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili and Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze, as well as with representatives of the Parliament and the civil society...

ERGNETI, 3 June 2014- The 45th meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) took place in Ergneti today, co-facilitated by Toivo Klaar, the Head of the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM), and Ambassador Angelo Gnaedinger, the OSCE Special Representative for the South Caucasus...