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OSCE Mission to Skopje praises completion of border handover

Publishing date: 30 August 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Border management
Skopje, 30 August 2005- The OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje today praised the Ministries of Defense and Interior on the successful transfer of border control from the military to the border police.

OSCE media freedom representative concerned over new criminal libel case involving President of Belarus

Publishing date: 22 August 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 22 August 2005- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, has voiced his concern over a new criminal investigation involving alleged libel of the President of Belarus in animated Internet cartoons.

OSCE Secretary General visits Kosovo, urges dialogue as way forward

Publishing date: 12 August 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Mission in Kosovo, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
PRISTINA, 12 August 2005- OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut discussed the future role of the OSCE in Kosovo with the international administration, Kosovo's leaders and representatives of the Kosovo Serb community.

Swedish diplomat to head OSCE Office in Minsk

Publishing date: 12 August 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
MINSK, 12 August 2005- Åke Peterson, the former Swedish Ambassador to Ukraine, has been appointed Head of the OSCE Office in Minsk and is expected to take up his post on 29 August.

OSCE Mission welcomes formation of Kosovo Press Council

Publishing date: 10 August 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Media freedom and development
PRISTINA, 10 August 2005- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo welcomes today's signing of the Press Council statute by print media representatives as an important measure in ending regulation of Kosovo's print media by the Temporary Media Commissioner.

OSCE Office in Baku welcomes removal of opposition leaders' conviction records

Publishing date: 9 August 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Democratization
BAKU, 9 August 2005- The OSCE Office in Baku welcomed today the recent decisions of the courts of Azerbaijan to delete the criminal records of prominent opposition leaders for criminal offences...

Armenia's national-judicial staff debate constitutional amendments to underpin sustainable development

Publishing date: 2 August 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Economic activities
YEREVAN, 2 August 2005- Judges, prosecutors, and staff members of Armenia's Constitutional Court met today in Yerevan to discuss constitutional guarantees for sustainable development in the country...