Section: OSCE (EU)
OSCE launches call for nominations: Max van der Stoel Award 2016
THE HAGUE, 14 March 2016 – OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Astrid Thors today launched a call for nominations for the Max van der Stoel Award. The 50,000 EUR Award recognizes extraordinary and outstanding achievements in improving the position of national minorities in OSCE participating States. Although nominations can only...
Switzerland to provide accommodation modules to OSCE monitors in Ukraine
KYIV, 14 March 2016 – A handover ceremony of accommodation modules provided by Switzerland to the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) will take place on Tuesday, 15 March 2016, in Kyiv. The modules will serve as additional living space for the SMM monitors working in eastern Ukraine. Ertugrul Apakan, SMM Chief Monitor and Ambassador...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 10 March 2016
The SMM observed a sharp increase of ceasefire violations in Donetsk region.[1] Positioned in Donetsk city during the night hours of 11 March the SMM heard 26 undetermined explosions and 31 single shots of small-arms fire at distances ranging from 200m-10km north and north-west of its position. While at the Donetsk central railway station...
The need for a stronger strategic partnership between EU and OSCE emphasized at Rome OSCE-IAI event
226986 Communication and Media Relations Section The role of the EU and the OSCE in restoring co-operative security in Europe was the focus of a panel discussion organized by the OSCE and the Institute …read more Source:...
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities discusses how to strengthen the inter-ethnic institutional framework in Ukraine
KYIV, 10 March 2016 – The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities and the Ukrainian Parliament’s Committee on Human Rights, National Minorities and Inter-ethnic Relations co-organized a roundtable discussion in Kyiv today on strengthening the institutional framework with regard to inter-ethnic relations in Ukraine and in the...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 9 March 2016
This report is for the media and general public. The SMM observed ceasefire violations in Donetsk region at a level similar to the previous day. The situation remained stable in Luhansk. The Mission continued to monitor the withdrawal of weapons. It continued to facilitate demining and repair work to essential infrastructure. The Mission reached...
OSCE Representative condemns attack on journalists in Russian Federation, calls for swift investigation
VIENNA, 10 March 2016 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today condemned yesterday’s attack against six journalists at the administrative boundary between the Chechen and Ingush Republics of the Russian Federation. “I call upon the authorities of the Russian Federation to swiftly investigate this attack and bring...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission’s Principal Deputy Chief Monitor to brief media tomorrow via videolink from Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine
KYIV, 10 March 2016 – Alexander Hug, the Principal Deputy Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), will hold a special news briefing tomorrow via video link from Kramatorsk city. Hug will talk about the recent Mission’s activities and the general security situation throughout Ukraine. Journalists are invited to...
OSCE Chairmanship Special Representative, Gernot Erler calls for immediate release of Nadiya Savchenko
BERLIN, 9 March 2016 – Gernot Erler, Special Representative of the German Government for the OSCE Chairmanship, expressed today great concern following reports concerning the health of Nadiya Savchenko, the Ukrainian pilot imprisoned in the Russian Federation. Erler stressed that “Rule-of-law principles are not being upheld in the trial against...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 8 March 2016
The SMM observed an increase in ceasefire violations in Donetsk region compared with the previous day. The situation remained stable in Luhansk. The Mission continued to monitor the withdrawal of weapons. The SMM observed probable unexploded ordnance and explosive remnants of war. It continued to facilitate demining and repair work to essential...
