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Media trends and challenges in Kazakhstan focus of OSCE-supported forum
Publishing date: 6 December 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Media freedom and development
A two-day forum co-organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana to discuss contemporary challenges faced by the media in Kazakhstan was held in Almaty on 5 and 6 December 2011...
OSCE Ministerial Council opens with call to address transnational threats, protracted conflicts, strengthen engagement with partners
Publishing date: 6 December 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
VILNIUS, 6 December 2011 – Ensuring security in the OSCE region requires further efforts to tackle transnational threats, prevent and resolve conflicts, and engage meaningfully with partners in the Mediterranean and Asia, foreign ministers of the 56 OSCE participating States heard at the start of the 18th OSCE Ministerial Council in Vilnius today...
Civil society recommends OSCE’s greater engagement with Mediterranean Partner States
Publishing date: 5 December 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
Civil society in the OSCE Mediterranean Partner States could benefit from greater OSCE engagement in strengthening capacity at a time of rapid change and transition in the Middle East and North Africa, participants said at the end of a two-day conference in Vilnius on 5 December 2011...
OSCE ready to strengthen engagement with Afghanistan as part of international effort, says OSCE Secretary General at Bonn Conference
Publishing date: 5 December 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
BONN, Germany, 5 December 2011 – The OSCE seeks to intensify its support for international and regional efforts to promote long-term security and stability in Afghanistan, said OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier at the International Afghanistan Conference in Bonn today...
Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian security to be discussed by OSCE foreign ministers, media freedom on agenda, says Chairperson
Publishing date: 5 December 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development
VILNIUS, 5 December 2011 – Foreign ministers and high-level representatives of the 56 OSCE participating States will meet in Vilnius tomorrow to discuss progress on pressing security challenges and take decisions to chart the way ahead.
Croatia’s parliamentary elections held in pluralistic and transparent manner, although space remains for improvement
Publishing date: 5 December 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
The parliamentary elections held on 4 December in Croatia took place in a pluralistic environment and were administered in a professional and transparent manner, but further steps should be taken to improve the process, the OSCE/ODIHR limited election observation mission concluded in a preliminary report...
Despite lack of level playing field in Russian elections, voters took advantage of right to express choice, observers say
Publishing date: 5 December 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections