News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 3 July 2018
Publishing date: 3 July 2018
KAMENSK-SHAKHTINSKIY, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). The overall number of border crossings by persons slightly decreased at both BCPs. On 28 June, the seventy-six Russian convoy of 17 vehicles crossed into Ukraine and returned through the Donetsk Border Crossing Point...
OSCE organizes intensive training course on border management for its Mediterranean Points of Contact Network in Malta
Publishing date: 29 June 2018
Members of the OSCE Mediterranean Points of Contact Network on border security and management completed an intensive and interactive five-day training course on various topics related to their work on 29 June 2018 at the headquarters of the Malta Police Force in Floriana...
Border guard training on detection of forged documents supported by OSCE in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 29 June 2018
A five-day OSCE-supported training seminar on the detection of forged travel documents and identification techniques concluded in Aktau, Kazakhstan on 29 June 2018...
Spot Report by OSCE Observer Mission: Seventy-sixth Russian convoy of 17 vehicles crossed into Ukraine and returned through Donetsk Border Crossing Point
Publishing date: 28 June 2018
On 28 June 2018 at 06:19 (Moscow time), the seventy-sixth Russian convoy arrived at the Donetsk Border Crossing Point (BCP). A total of 17 vehicles were checked by Russian Federation border guards and customs officers prior to their crossing into Ukraine. All 17 vehicles had crossed back into the Russian Federation by 13:25 on 28 June...
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 26 June 2018
Publishing date: 27 June 2018
KAMENSK-SHAKHTINSKIY, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). The overall number of border crossings by persons increased at both BCPs...
OSCE trains Montenegrin airport border and customs officers on detecting forged documents and imposters
Publishing date: 22 June 2018
A two-and-a-half day training course on detecting forged documents and imposters concluded on 22 June 2018 for 15 first- and second-line border and customs officers from Montenegro’s international airports. The course, held at Podgorica’s airport, was organized by the Border Security and Management Unit of the OSCE Transnational Threats Department, in co-operation with the OSCE Mission to Montenegro...
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 19 June 2018
Publishing date: 19 June 2018
Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). The overall number of border crossings by persons slightly decreased at both BCPs...