Section: OSCE (EU)
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 18 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 areas around Donetsk airport, Horlivka and...
Freedom of media should remain priority for authorities in Ukraine, Mijatović says during visit to Kyiv
KYIV, 19 March 2015 – Ending her four-day visit to Kyiv, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today said that the current crisis in and around Ukraine continues to negatively influence free media and journalists’ safety in the country. “The troubling developments with freedom of the media and safety of journalists...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine to hold news briefing in Kyiv today
KYIV, 19 March 2015 – The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) will hold its regular news briefing today in Kyiv. Alexander Hug, the Deputy Chief Monitor of the SMM, will talk about the recent Mission’s activities and the general security situation throughout Ukraine. Journalists are invited to attend the news briefing today, 19...
OSCE Chairperson Dačić and Secretary General Zannier condemn horrific terrorist attack in Tunisia
BELGRADE, 18 March 2015 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić, and the Secretary General Lamberto Zannier, condemned the horrific terrorist attack in Tunis today, and expressed their deepest condolences to the families and relatives of the victims. “The attack in Tunis today highlights yet again that the...
Press Communiqué of the Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions
GENEVA, Switzerland, 18 March 2015 – The thirty-first round of the Geneva International Discussions has just been concluded. It turned out to be very difficult due to divergent views and approaches of participants on various issues, including on certain agenda items. As part of the review of the security situation, the participants...
OSCE provides equipment for humanitarian demining operations in coastal waters to Ukrainian emergency service
ODESA, 18 March 2015 –The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine will donate equipment for humanitarian demining operations in coastal waters to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine on 19 March 2015 in Odesa. Special dive suits, masks, fins and hydro-acoustic communication systems will be provided to the national underwater emergency response...
OSCE PA President marks anniversary of Crimea’s illegal annexation
COPENHAGEN, 18 March 2015 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) today issued the following statement on the one-year anniversary of the illegal annexation of Crimea, Ukraine by the Russian Federation: “Last March, Russia attempted to legitimize its occupation of Crimea and the fabricated ‘referendum’ that...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 17 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 areas around the Donetsk airport and...
Leadership and management principles, models and theories discussed at OSCE Border Management Staff College
DUSHANBE, 18 March 2015 – Decision-making models of leadership and situational leadership theory were discussed at the OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe from 9-18 March 2015. Twenty-two current and future leaders from the border security and management agencies of Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Former Yugoslav Republic of...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine to hold news briefing in Kyiv tomorrow
Alexander Hug, the Deputy Chief Monitor of the SMM, will talk about the recent Mission’s activities and the general security situation throughout Ukraine. Journalists are invited to attend the news briefing tomorrow, 19 March, at 13:00 (Kyiv time), at the Ukrainian Crisis Media Centre (2 Khreshchatyk street, Ukrainian house). Live online...
