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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Progress noted, further efforts needed in domestic prosecution of war crimes, says OSCE Mission to Croatia report
Publishing date: 28 September 2006
ZAGREB, 28 September 2006- Progress has been noted but further efforts are needed to ensure the quality, integrity and impartiality of domestic war crimes prosecutions, says a report by the OSCE Mission to Croatia issued today. The Report...
OSCE welcomes establishment of media ethics council in Albania
Publishing date: 28 September 2006
TIRANA/VIENNA, 28 September 2006- The OSCE Representative on the Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, and the Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Pavel Vacek, welcomed today the creation of the Albanian Council on Media Ethics...
Freedom of information discussed at OSCE-organized conference in Yerevan
Publishing date: 28 September 2006
YEREVAN, 28 September 2006- The implementation of the law on freedom of information in Armenia was the theme of an OSCE-organized conference and awards ceremony held in Yerevan today. It brought together...
Amended Kazakh media law needs further improvements, OSCE media freedom representative says
Publishing date: 27 September 2006
VIENNA, 27 September 2006- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, has presented a comprehensive report to the Kazakh authorities that includes recommendations to improve the recently amended media law of Kazakhstan...
OSCE's human rights and democratization body publishes analysis of political environment in Georgia
Publishing date: 26 September 2006
TBILISI, 26 September 2006- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today presented an analysis of the political landscape in Georgia, focusing on inter-party relations and party outreach...
OSCE Office facilitates discussion on media self-regulation in Armenia
Publishing date: 25 September 2006
YEREVAN, 25 September 2006- Media accountability, best practices regarding self-regulation mechanisms, particularly for public broadcasters were discussed at a meeting that took place in Yerevan over the weekend. It brought together...
OSCE Mission to Skopje presents survey showing decentralization reform on track
Publishing date: 22 September 2006
SKOPJE, 22 September 2006- A survey conducted in 80 of the country's 84 municipalities by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje has concluded that municipalities view the decentralization process as "mostly successful"...