Section: OSCE (EU)
Latest from the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 18:00hrs, 6 March 2015
Please note that this report is provided for the public and the media 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* – assessed the security situation in the Donetsk and...
Latest from the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 18:00hrs, 5 March 2015
Please note that this report is provided for the public and the media 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 – assessed the security situation in the Donetsk and Luhansk...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office expresses condolences after mining accident in eastern Ukraine
Belgrade, 5 March 2015 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić today expressed his deepest sympathy over the loss of life in a mining accident at the Zasyadko coal mine in eastern Ukraine. „No effort should be spared at helping those affected by this tragedy, and I trust we shall all join efforts in this...
Swedish Parliament, leading think-tank to host OSCE PA Helsinki +40 seminar next week
COPENHAGEN, 5 March 2015 – COPENHAGEN, 5 March 2015 – The Swedish Parliament and one of the country’s leading think-tanks, The Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI), will host the next leg of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Helsinki +40 Project in Stockholm on 11 March. Experts, policy-makers, ambassadors and OSCE...
Weekly update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 10:00 (Moscow time), 4 March 2015
SUMMARY KAMENSK-SHAKHTINSKY, RUSSIAN FEDERATION The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both BCPs. The overall cross-border traffic increased at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). The net flow considerably decreased confirming OM’s predicted return movement into Ukraine. The OM also observed an increase of the number of...
Statement by the Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM)
KYIV, 05 March, 2015 — The Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan, today expressed his sadness and regret at reports that several dozen had been killed in a mining accident in eastern Ukraine. He sent his deep condolences to the families of the victims. Ambassador Apakan expressed the...
Latest from the Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (SMM) based on information received from the Monitoring Teams as of 18:00hrs, 4 March
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”. Based on its monitoring – which was restricted by third parties and by security considerations* – the SMM assessed the security situation in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions as relatively...
Media freedom situation in Crimea, Ukraine, at all-time low, OSCE Representative says
VIENNA, 5 March 2015 – One year on after her assessment visit to Ukraine, which included Simferopol, Crimea, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today said the media freedom situation in Crimea has continued to deteriorate. “The continuous dismantling of free media in Crimea and the crackdown on independent and critical...
Spot report by OSCE Observer Mission: Seventeenth Russian convoy crossed into Ukraine and returned back through Donetsk Border Crossing Point
SUMMARY On 04 March 2015 at 07:21hrs (Moscow time), a Russian convoy arrived at the Donetsk Border Crossing Point (BCP). A total of 83 vehicles were checked by the Russian border guard and customs services. All the vehicles had crossed back into the Russian Federation by 17:18hrs on 04 March. DETAIL Leaving the Russian Federation On 04 March 2015...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 3 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 – assessed the security situation in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions as...
