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OSCE Centre in Astana supports human rights education in police
Publishing date: 31 July 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Human rights, Policing
ASTANA, 31 July 2012 – Two OSCE-supported training seminars aimed at enhancing knowledge and skills of police schools instructors on human rights-related matters ended today in Astana...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator supports summer school for law students in Ukraine
Publishing date: 29 July 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Education
Thirty law school students selected through an open competition are taking part in a summer school supported by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) that started on 29 July 2012 in Zakarpattia region...
OSCE media representative asks Tajikistan to unblock YouTube and to ensure free flow of information
Publishing date: 27 July 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 27 July 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, called on the government of Tajikistan today to unblock video sharing website YouTube and ensure the free flow and access to information...
OSCE/ODIHR report finds May elections in Greece administered efficiently and impartially, recommends improvements to campaign finance regulations
Publishing date: 27 July 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
Greece’s early parliamentary elections on 6 May were administered efficiently and impartially in a competitive and open manner, despite tight deadlines and an adverse economic background, concludes the OSCE/ODIHR final report...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek hosts expert meeting for anti-terrorism agencies
Publishing date: 27 July 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism
BISHKEK, 27 July 2012 – Exchanging expertise and enhancing co-operation and co-ordination on anti-terrorism issues was the topic of a two-day OSCE expert meeting that concluded today in Bishkek...
OSCE Mission welcomes establishment of new Serbian Government
Publishing date: 26 July 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
BELGRADE, 27 July 2012- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Dimitrios Kypreos, welcomed today the formation of the Government in Serbia...
Moldova’s automated election-management system has potential but needs more work, ODIHR says
Publishing date: 26 July 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Elections
An automated information system Moldova is introducing to help administer elections could become a powerful management tool but improvements are necessary, according to an assessment by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) presented in Chisinau on 26 July 2012...