Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 8 September 2015
Please note that this report is for media and the general public. SUMMARY Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). The overall cross-border traffic decreased at both BCPs. DETAIL OM’s staff composition The OM is currently operating with 18 permanent...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 7 September 2015
This report is for the media and the general public. The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the implementation of the Minsk agreements”. Its monitoring was restricted by the parties and security considerations*. The SMM recorded ceasefire violations, almost exclusively at or around Donetsk airport and none in the...
OSCE/ODIHR observers to hold press conference in Kyiv on Wednesday
KYIV, 8 September 2015 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) will hold a press conference in Kyiv on Wednesday, 9 September for the formal opening of the election observation mission for the 25 October 2015 local elections in Ukraine. Tana de Zulueta, the Head of the OSCE/ODIHR election observation mission, will...
OSCE helps to develop sustainable education system for judges
Andrii Dziubenko Capacity-building seminar for judges-developers of educational courses and programs on application of the European Convention on Human Rights (Convention) and the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights (Court) was held on 27-29 August in Truskavets, a town in Lviv region, western Ukraine. The training provided...
Moldovans Demand Change
Plus, U.S. stealth fighters visit NATO allies and Croatia’s foreign minister sets sights on top UN job. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
OSCE PA Special Representative notes recent progress, challenges in Balkans
COPENHAGEN, 7 September 2015 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Vice-President and Special Representative on South East Europe Roberto Battelli (MP, Slovenia) today welcomed important progress made over the summer months in the Balkans, while urging continued work on regional challenges. Battelli highlighted the agreements between Belgrade and...
OSCE training in Ukraine focuses on detecting forged travel documents
CHERKASY, 7 September 2015 – An advanced training course for Ukrainian border control officers aimed at increasing their practical abilities to detect forged travel documents started today in Cherkasy. These two back-to-back one-week intensive training courses are designed to update and sharpen the skills of 42 border control officers in...
OSCE PA President condemns attacks in Tajikistan
COPENHAGEN, 5 September 2015 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) today issued the following statement on the 4 September gun attacks in and around Dushanbe, Tajikistan: “I condemn in the strongest terms the attacks in Tajikistan, which apparently targeted police and other personnel. Such senseless violence...
Putin Brings No Bacon Home From Beijing
China’s economic woes put dampers on bilateral business dealings. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Why Park Geun Hye attended China’s World War Two military parade
Last week, South Korean President Park Geun Hye attended the military parade for China’s 70th anniversary commemoration of the end of World War Two. Officially billed as a celebration of fascism’s defeat, it looked like anything but. More than one analyst noted the obvious incongruence of observing fascism’s end with a giant...
