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Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30 (Kyiv time), 22 April 2015
This report is for the media and general public. 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*. Fighting continued around Donetsk airport and Shyrokyne. The SMM observed military movement on both sides of...
Ukraine and Moldova endorse Dniester River Basin climate change adaptation strategy
152806 Communication and Media Relations Section High level government representatives from Ukraine and Moldova, along with parliamentarians, experts and NGO representatives from both countries, convened …read more Source:...
ODIHR Ukraine Civil Society Project opens with lecture by Director Link and panel discussion on civil society, democracy and human rights
KYIV, 23 April 2015 – Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), will deliver a public lecture, to be followed by a panel discussion, at the launch event for an ODIHR project to support and enhance the role of civil society in the current environment of change and transition in Ukraine....
REMINDER: Chief Monitor in Ukraine to report to OSCE Permanent Council
VIENNA, 23 April 2015 – Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan will report today to the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna on the situation on the ground and activities carried out by the Mission in responding to the crisis. Apakan’s report to the OSCE decision making body will cover the...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30 (Kyiv time), 21 April 2015
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, with SMM patrols restricted from moving freely in government-controlled areas around Mariupol and in areas under “Lugansk People’s Republic” (“LPR”)...
OSCE Representative calls for immediate investigation of death threats against journalists in Skopje
VIENNA, 22 April 2015 –OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today called on the authorities to immediately investigate last night’s death threat against the editor of NOVA TV Borjan Jovanovski and his family. “This horrendous act adds to the already fragile media environment situation in the country and sends yet...
Chief Monitor in Ukraine to report to OSCE Permanent Council
VIENNA, 22 April 2015 – Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan will report tomorrow to the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna on the situation on the ground and activities carried out by the Mission in responding to the crisis. Apakan’s report to the OSCE decision making body will cover the...
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities discusses education and language policy with Georgian officials, meets displaced persons
152316 Office of High Commissioner on National Minorities organizes meeting of political parties and minority representatives in Akhalkalaki, Georgia …read more Source:...
Proposed amendments to legislation in Moldova could endanger free expression and free media, OSCE Representative says
VIENNA, 22 April 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today said the proposed amendments to the Audiovisual Code and the Law on Freedom of Expression, recently put before the Moldovan Parliament, could be harmful to free expression and free media. “Despite legitimate concerns including state security, state...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30 (Kyiv time), 20 April 2012
This report is for the media and general public. 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.* Fighting intensified around Donetsk airport and Shyrokyne. The SMM observed military movements on both sides...