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OSCE media freedom representative asks new Russian President to address media freedom challenges

Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media. (OSCE/Mikhail Evstafiev)

VIENNA, 7 May 2008 - Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, congratulated Dmitry Medvedev on assuming the Russian Presidency today, and asked him to undertake measures to improve the media freedom situation in his country...

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Mission helps improve participatory governance in Kosovo

Inhabitants of Besi village, part of Prishtine/Pristina municipality, express their concerns to local authorities at a meeting facilitated by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

With a series of workshops and guidebooks, the OSCE Mission in Kosovo is helping to address the main challenges municipal officials face, such as involving the public in decision-making.

Tackling corruption by changing attitudes in southern Serbia

Pupils from the elementary school in the village of Bosnjace view some of the best entries in a Mission to Serbia-supported anti-corruption art competition, Lebane, 26 March 2008. (OSCE/Milan Obradovic)

A children's art competition supported by the OSCE Mission to Serbia is helping to tackle corruption by raising awareness of the problem among young people.

OSCE Mission to Skopje supports co-ordination mechanism to help trafficking victims

Jasna Dobricik (right), National Rule of Law Officer with the OSCE Mission to Skopje, examines the anti-trafficking training curriculum with one of the trainers, 5 April 2008. (OSCE/Aleksandar Lazovski)

The adoption of new OSCE-supported guidelines on the proper treatment of trafficked persons will help the Government in Skopje to tackle the problem of identifying and assisting trafficking victims.

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The winning entry of the 2008 OSCE photo contest - fishermen on the river Bol'shaya, near the town Oktiabrsky on the Kamchatka peninsula, August 2007. (Andrey Shapran)

The winning entry of the 2008 OSCE photo contest - fishermen on the river Bol'shaya, near the town Oktiabrsky on the Kamchatka peninsula, August 2007. (Andrey Shapran)

2008 OSCE photo contest "Waterways of life"