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OSCE Centre organizes discussion on anti-corruption measures in Kazakhstan's private sector

Publishing date: 17 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
ASTANA, 17 October 2006- Improving Kazakhstan's institutional and legislative framework to combat corruption in the private sector is the aim of an OSCE-organized meeting that is taking place in Astana today. The event...

OSCE media freedom representative welcomes highest UK court's decision backing investigative journalism

Publishing date: 16 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media pluralism, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 16 October 2006- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media praised the decision of the Law Lords, Britain's highest court, to grant journalists the right to publish unproven allegations in cases of public interest, provided that...

OSCE Mission to Skopje organizes discussions across the country on education and decentralization

Publishing date: 14 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Education
SKOPJE, 14 October 2006- Improving rural children's access to education, increasing parents' participation in decision-making and improving relations among stakeholders involved in education...

OSCE Centre launches magazine and website on gender issues in Tajikistan

Publishing date: 12 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Gender equality
DUSHANBE, 12 October 2006- Raising the awareness of local authorities, community leaders and non-governmental organizations on gender issues is the aim of an OSCE-sponsored magazine "Window to the World" and website presented today in Dushanbe...

OSCE parliamentary body president condemns murder of Russian investigative journalist

Publishing date: 10 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Democratization, Media freedom and development
COPENHAGEN, 10 October 2006- The Secretary General of the OSCE's Parliamentary Assembly, Spencer Oliver, attended the funeral of slain Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya today while the Assembly's president, Goran Lennmarker condemned her murder...

OSCE media freedom representative calls on Azerbaijan's president to decriminalize defamation

Publishing date: 9 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media freedom and development
BAKU, 9 October 2006- The OSCE Media Freedom Representative, Miklos Haraszti, today urged Azerbaijan's president and foreign minister to decriminalize defamation...

North Korean nuclear arms test threatens security in OSCE area, Chairman warns

Publishing date: 9 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Arms control, Conflict prevention and resolution
BRUSSELS, 9 October 2006- The OSCE Chairman, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, said today he was deeply concerned about global security following the nuclear weapons test declared by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea...