Section: OSCE (EU)
Crisis of migrants and refugees tops agenda for 2016 OSCE PA Winter Meeting
COPENHAGEN, 17 February 2016 – The crisis of migrants and refugees in the OSCE area and efforts to strengthen the collective response will be the focus of debate and presentations at the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Winter Meeting, held at the Hofburg Congress Centre in Vienna on 25-26 February. Nearly 300 parliamentarians from across the...
OSCE Secretary General attends 52nd Munich Security Conference
222641 Communication and Media Relations Section OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier attended the 52nd Munich Security Conference from 12 to 14 February 2016, where, on the margins of the event, he held a number …read more Source:...
Principal Deputy Chief Monitor of OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine to hold press-briefing in Mariupol today
MARIUPOL, 17 February 2016 – Principal Deputy Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Alexander Hug will hold a press-briefing today on the recent Mission’s activities and the general security situation throughout Ukraine. Journalists are invited to attend the press briefing today, 17 February, at 17:00 (Kyiv...
Civilians equally suffer on both sides of the contact line, OSCE SMM Principal Deputy Chief Monitor says
Iuliia Poberezhna Iryna Gudyma Daily updates from …read more Source:...
OSCE High-Level Military Doctrine Seminar: Transparency and co-operation needed to build trust in the face of challenges eroding European security
VIENNA, 16 February 2016 – Improving mutual relations among OSCE participating States and enabling information exchange among military representatives with the aim of building trust and confidence is the focus of the two-day High-Level Military Doctrine Seminar organized by the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC), which opened today in...
Work of the Panel of Eminent Persons discussed at the 52nd Munich Security Conference
222551 Lessons learned for the OSCE from its engagement in Ukraine …read more Source:...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 15 February 2016
This report is for media and the general public The SMM observed numerous ceasefire violations in Donetsk region; the majority of explosions were recorded in the evening/night hours. [1] In Kominternove it heard small-arms fire impacting close to its position. In Luhansk region the Mission recorded a number of ceasefire violations, some of them...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 14 February 2016
This report is for media and the general public The SMM observed a large number of ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and followed up on reports of shelling in government- and non-government-controlled areas. Residents on both sides of the contact line in Donetsk region told the Mission that they heard shelling almost every night. The Marinka...
Principal Deputy Chief Monitor of OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine to hold press-briefing in Donetsk tomorrow
DONETSK, 15 February 2016 – Principal Deputy Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Alexander Hug will hold a press-briefing tomorrow on the recent Mission’s activities and the general security situation in the Donetsk region and throughout Ukraine. Journalists are invited to attend the press briefing...
OSCE Principal Deputy Chief Monitor to visit Zaitseve, Donetsk region, Ukraine
OSCE Principal Deputy Chief Monitor to visit Zaitseve, Donetsk region, Ukraine KYIV, 14 February 2016 – The Principal Deputy Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Alexander Hug will visit Zaitseve with SMM monitors on Monday, 15 February. Journalists are invited to join OSCE SMM patrol in Zaitseve at 16:30 Kyiv...
