News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Latest news from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received until 18:00 hrs, 2 June (Kyiv time)
Publishing date: 3 June 2014
The overall security situation in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions remained volatile. Other parts of Ukraine remained calm. The SMM has not re-established 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...
OSCE Centre in Astana trains military officers on confidence- and security-building measures
Publishing date: 3 June 2014
ASTANA, 3 June 2014- A regional training seminar for military officers on the practical implementation of the OSCE Vienna Document 2011 on confidence- and security-building measures began in Astana today. The OSCE Centre in Astana has organized the four-day event in co-operation with Kazakhstan's Defence Ministry...
Latest news from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received until 18:00 hrs, 1 June (Kyiv time)
Publishing date: 2 June 2014
The overall security situation in Donetsk region is tense. The situation in Luhansk region is volatile. SMM has not re-established contact with its monitors from Donetsk and Luhansk with whom contact has been lost...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office visits Baku, calls for intensified peace talks on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and welcomes establishment of OSCE Project Co-ordinator’s Office
Publishing date: 2 June 2014
BAKU, 2 June 2014 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter, started his official trip to the South Caucasus today with a visit to Baku, where he discussed with President llham Aliyev new aspects of co-operation between the OSCE and Azerbaijan, and called for implementing tension-reducing measures regarding the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict...
Latest news from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) based on information received until 18:00 hrs, 30 May (Kyiv time)
Publishing date: 31 May 2014
The overall security situation in Donetsk region remains very volatile, with sporadic infighting between various groups. Public security and safety is of the highest concern. The situation in Luhansk region is volatile. Other parts of Ukraine remained calm. SMM has not reestablished contact with the 4 monitors from Donetsk Team, nor with the 4 monitors and interpreter from Luhansk Team with whom it lost contact on 26 May and 29 May respectively.
Swiss Chairperson-in-Office assures President-elect of OSCE’s continuing commitment to de-escalation in Ukraine
Publishing date: 30 May 2014
Bern, 30 May, 2014- Swiss Foreign Minister and Chairperson-in-Office of the OSCE, Didier Burkhalter, in a phone call with President-elect of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, personally assured him of the OSCE’s continuing commitment to support Ukraine in finding adequate solutions to the crisis.
Latest news from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) based on information received until 18:00 hrs, 29 May (Kyiv time)
Publishing date: 30 May 2014
The situation in Luhansk and Donetsk remained volatile. Other parts of Ukraine remained calm...