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OSCE supports young Ukrainian firefighters contest on risks and threats of explosive remnants of war
Publishing date: 11 September 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Arms control
An OSCE-supported awareness-raising quiz on risks and threats of explosive remnants of war (ERW), for more than160 secondary school students from all over Ukraine, took place on 9 September 2013 in Zaozerne near Yevpatoria in Crimea...
OSCE Centre organizes working visit to Norwegian parliamentary elections for Turkmenistan officials
Publishing date: 10 September 2013
ASHGABAT/OSLO, 10 September 2013 – Three members of the Turkmenistan Central Election Commission and one representative of the Turkmen National Institute of Democracy and Human Rights learned about the electoral procedures of parliamentary elections in Norway during an OSCE-supported visit concluding in Oslo today...
OSCE media freedom representative presents analysis of Belarusian information law and recommends improvements
Publishing date: 10 September 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws
VIENNA, 10 September 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović, today welcomed proposed amendments to Belarusian information law and called on the authorities to improve the draft legislation...
Proposed Ukrainian public service broadcasting law needs improvement, OSCE media freedom representative says
Publishing date: 9 September 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media self-regulation
VIENNA, 9 September 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today reiterated her positive assessment of the Ukrainian parliament decision to adopt a law on public service broadcasting...
OSCE Centre encourages dialogue on media legislation reform in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 9 September 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Media freedom and development
ASTANA, Kazakhstan, 9 September 2013 – An OSCE-supported roundtable focusing on proposed amendments to Kazakhstan`s legislation on freedom of expression was held in Astana today...
OSCE Centre and Kyrgyz State Custom Service agree to establish training centre for Kyrgyz and Afghani custom officers
Publishing date: 9 September 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Border management, Countering terrorism
The OSCE Centre and the State Customs Service (SCS) of the Kyrgyz Republic signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Bishkek, on 9 September 2013, on establishing a training centre for Kyrgyzstan’s and Afghanistan’s customs officers...
OSCE Mission to Skopje organizes inter-ethnic summer camp in Struga
Publishing date: 6 September 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Youth, Tolerance and non-discrimination
An OSCE-supported inter-cultural summer camp for 45 secondary school students of different ethnic backgrounds in Skopje and Tetovo municipalities is taking place from 8 to 15 September 2013 in Struga...