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Serbia and Kosovo media executives come together for first time in a decade
Publishing date: 6 May 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Media freedom and development
PRISTINA, 6 May 2003- Leading editors-in-chief and media executives from Serbia and Kosovo will be gathering in Ohrid, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (fYROM), from 7 to 9 May. The conference, organized and financed by the OSCE Mission in...
Tajik journalists celebrate Press Freedom Day with OSCE Centre in Dushanbe
Publishing date: 5 May 2003
Content type: Press release
What we do: Media freedom and development
DUSHANBE, 5 May 2003- Some five hundred journalists from across Tajikistan gathered to celebrate World Press Freedom Day at a special event in Dushanbe on Saturday. The winners of a competition on how democratic and socio-economic reforms for...
Media freedom deteriorates in some OSCE States, says OSCE media watchdog
Publishing date: 2 May 2003
Content type: Press release
VIENNA, 2 May 2003- The general state of the media in OSCE participating States and the safety of journalists working in hostile environments will be two themes on which the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, will focus...
Five Ambassadors to OSCE start Central Asian tour in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 2 May 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development, Policing
BISHKEK, 2 May 2003- A delegation of five Ambassadors to the OSCE finished a three-day visit to Kyrgyzstan today, their first stop on a tour of three Central Asian states. The Heads of the permanent delegations of Bulgaria, France, Ireland...
Graduation ceremony to take place at Police Academy in Idrizovo
Publishing date: 29 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: National minority issues, Policing
SKOPJE, 29 April 2003- The Ministry of Interior, in co-operation with the Police Development Unit of the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje, will host the fourth graduation ceremony at the Police Academy in Idrizovo on Wednesday. The 285...
International organizations welcome steps towards signing of Bologna Declaration by Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 25 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
SARAJEVO, 25 April 2003- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Council of Europe and the Office of the High Representative welcome the steps taken by both entity education ministers towards the signature of the Bologna...
OSCE Office launches website on competition policy in Armenia
Publishing date: 25 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Democratization
YEREVAN, 25 April 2003- The official website of the State Commission on Protection of Economic Competition of Armenia has been launched with the support of the OSCE Office in Yerevan. The website provides a full range of information on...