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OSCE helps civil servants in Moldova's Gagauzia region to master state language

Civil servants from Moldova's southern Gagauzia region, who are studying the state language as part of a project by the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, pictured in Comrat, Moldova, 3 June 2008. (OSCE/Ivana Radenkovic)

A language-learning initiative by the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities is helping the Gagauz people of southern Moldova to play a more integrated role in society.

Travelling through space and time to meet Georgia's minorities

Making a news programme in Marneul. In Georgia's predominantly Azeri region of Kvemo Kartli, the HCNM has been helping to boost the capacity of communities to broadcast news in their native language, one of many projects aimed at integrating minorities. (Internews Georgia)

Professor Piotr Dutkiewicz travelled to Georgia's predominantly Azeri region of Kvemo Kartli with a small team from the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities to evaluate HCNM-led projects.

OSCE High Commissioner helps set legal standards for the use of flags

A number of flags, including the one belonging to the Dutch Frisian minority, are displayed in front of the Parliament building in The Hague. (OSCE/Ivana Radenkovic)

The High Commissioner and his team of legal experts are helping OSCE states to find a balance in the use of national flags that unify their populations and minority flags that help groups to maintain their unique identities.

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