Section: OSCE (EU)
OSCE Chief Monitor in Ukraine to hold news conference in Vienna on Thursday
VIENNA, 27 January 2016 – The Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), Ertugrul Apakan, will hold a briefing for media in Room 201 of the Hofburg Conference Centre on Thursday afternoon. The media briefing is expected to provisionally start at 17:30. Before the media briefing, Ambassador Apakan, together with the...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 25 January 2016
This report is for media and the general public The SMM observed a small number of ceasefire violations in Donetsk region. In Luhansk region, it observed no ceasefire violations. “LPR” members restricted its freedom of movement on six ocasions.* The Mission continued to facilitate and monitor adherence to the ceasefire to enable repairs of...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 24 January 2016
This report is for media and the general public. Due to adverse weather and other operational requirements, the SMM limited its patrolling in Donbas in order to conduct first aid, evacuation and medical evacuation drills. The SMM however, did observe ceasefire violations in Donetsk region. The Mission monitored the situation at crossing points at...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 22 January 2016
This report is for media and the general public The SMM observed a number of ceasefire violations in Donetsk region, mainly at and around Donetsk airport and in Marinka. In Luhansk region, the Mission observed ceasefire violations including the use of Addendum-regulated weapons and heavy weapons during live-fire exercises on both sides of the...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 21 January 2016
This report is for media and the general public The SMM observed ceasefire violations in Donetsk and Luhansk regions. It faced restrictions to its freedom of movement, most of which were imposed by “DPR” members in areas north-east of Mariupol*. The Mission spoke to a “DPR” member and civilians at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Horlivka. In...
OSCE/ODIHR and Turkish National Police Academy sign agreement to implement training programme against hate crime
217736 The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Turkish National Police Academy signed a memorandum of understanding in Ankara on 22 January 2016 to implement the Training Against Hate Crime for Law Enforcement (TAHCLE) programme. “Police officers are often the first point of contact for victims and...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 20 January 2016
This report is for media and the general public. The SMM observed an increase in the number of ceasefire violations in Donetsk region as compared to the previous three days, mainly at and around Donetsk airport and Debaltseve. In Luhansk region, recorded ceasefire violations were training related. The SMM’s freedom of movement was...
Mandate of OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk extended by three months
VIENNA, 21 January 2016 – The OSCE’s 57 participating States today took a consensus decision to extend the mandate of the OSCE Observer Mission at the Russian checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk by three months to 30 April 2016. Under today’s decision the mandate of the Mission remains unchanged. Operating under the principles of...
OSCE/ODIHR trains Ukraine’s law enforcement officers on countering hate crime
217481 To strengthen their response to hate crime, 46 trainers and law enforcement officers from Ukraine took part in a training-of-trainers event, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 19-21 January 2016 in Odessa. The training course is part of ODIHR’s Training Against Hate Crimes for Law...
62nd IPRM meeting takes place in Ergneti
ERGNETI, 20 January 2016 – The 62nd meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) took place today in Ergneti, co-facilitated by Kęstutis Jankauskas, the Head of the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM), and Guenther Baechler, the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the South Caucasus. The...
