Section: OSCE (EU)
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 27 March 2015
This report is for media and the general public. The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the implementation of the Minsk agreements”. The SMM, based on its monitoring – which was restricted by third parties and by security considerations* – observed that fighting continued in the areas around the Donetsk airport and...
OSCE Chief Monitor in Ukraine urges sides to stop fighting in Shyrokyne
KYIV, 27 March 2015 – Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan expressed his disappointment that the sides have breached a local ceasefire arranged by the Mission two days ago in Shyrokyne, southeast Ukraine, and urged them to stop fighting immediately. “I am profoundly disappointed...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 26 March 2015
This report is for media and the general public. The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the implementation of the Minsk agreements”. The SMM facilitated a local ceasefire and the delivery of humanitarian aid in Shyrokyne, east of Mariupol. The SMM, based on its monitoring – which was restricted by third parties and...
OSCE Representative meets Serbian Prime Minister to discuss media freedom issues
BELGRADE, 27 March 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović met with the Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić today to discuss media freedom issues in Serbia and the OSCE region. “I am pleased with the outcome of the meeting today, we discussed a number of media freedom issues, such as the safety of journalists,...
Spot Report by OSCE Observer Mission: A twenty-first Russian convoy of 82 vehicles crossed into Ukraine and returned back through Donetsk Border Crossing Point
This report is for media and the general public. SUMMARY On 26 March 2015 at 07:20hrs (Moscow time), a Russian convoy arrived at the Donetsk Border Crossing Point (BCP). A total of 82 vehicles were checked by the Russian border guard and customs services. All the vehicles had crossed back into the Russian Federation by 17:20hrs on 26 March....
OSCE Special Representative, in Skopje, welcomes authorities’ latest efforts in combating human trafficking
SKOPJE, 26 March 2015 – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Ambassador Madina Jarbussynova, praised the country’s authorities for its efforts, supported by the OSCE Mission to Skopje, to combat modern-day slavery at the conclusion of a four-day visit to the country. During the visit,...
OSCE New Media Accreditation Procedure begins on 15 April 2015
Bona fide representatives of the media – print media, photo, radio, television and film, news agencies and online media – can now apply for yearly accreditation to OSCE events in Vienna. For the yearly Media Accreditation, applicants need to provide the following: Completed accreditation form A letter of assignment on official...
OSCE-supported Aarhus Centres discuss their role in trans-boundary water management in South-East Europe
TIRANA, 26 March 2015 – More than 40 representatives of central and local governments, Aarhus Centres and civil society from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia discussed the challenges of public participation in trans-boundary water management and in trans-boundary Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) processes at a two-day...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 25 March 2015
This report is for media and the general public. The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the Implementation of the Minsk agreements”. The SMM, based on its monitoring – which was restricted by third parties and by security considerations* – observed that fighting continued around the Donetsk airport. In the area of...
Dangers facing journalists must not be ignored, safety of journalists remains high on OSCE agenda, says Chairperson Dačić
BELGRADE, 26 March 2015 – Violence against journalists is unacceptable and must be treated like violence against society as a whole, said the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić, today at the opening of a two-day OSCE conference on the Protection of safety and integrity of journalists in the OSCE region. The...
