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OSCE Centre in Astana supports family-friendly workplace
Publishing date: 20 November 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
The OSCE Centre in Astana and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) are marking Universal Children’s Day on 20 November 2012 with a new playroom for the children of employees...
Securing passports focus of OSCE workshop in Albania
Publishing date: 19 November 2012
TIRANA, 20 November 2012- A two-day workshop on participating in the International Civil Aviation Organization Public Key Directory, a passport verification mechanism, started today in Tirana...
Education on the Holocaust alone cannot combat anti-Semitism, say participants of OSCE meeting
Publishing date: 19 November 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
Although education about the Holocaust is vital, educational activities in the OSCE region need to be broadened to effectively combat anti-Semitism, said experts at a roundtable discussion organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 19 November 2012 in Berlin...
OSCE helps find ways to counter extremism and radicalization in prisons
Publishing date: 19 November 2012
Ways to counter violent extremism and radicalization that might lead to terrorism in Kygyzstan’s penitentiary establishments were discussed during a two-day seminar which started on 19 November 2012 in Bishkek. The event was organized jointly by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the State Penitentiary Service...
Italy should not jail journalists for libel says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 16 November 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 16 November 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, expressed concern today over pending legislation that would make imprisonment a penalty for criminal libel in Italy...
OSCE Centre supports transparency of public works in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 16 November 2012
Three workshops on the establishment and work of local and regional transparency and sustainable development expert councils (TSDECs) along the Western Europe – Western China international road construction corridor were held the week of 12 November 2012 in Taraz, Shymkent and Kyzylorda, southern Kazakhstan...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports development of public relations in police
Publishing date: 16 November 2012
The OSCE Mission to Skopje organised on 16 November 2012 a regional conference in Mavrovo in the western part of the country, to advance the capacities of the Interior Ministry staff in the use of new technologies in public relations...