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OSCE launches Border Management College in Dushanbe
Publishing date: 27 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution, Education
DUSHANBE, 27 May 2009- The OSCE Border Management Staff College, which will help train border security managers and promote co-operation between OSCE States and Partner countries, was launched in Dushanbe today...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo supports TV debates to promote freedom of media
Publishing date: 27 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
PRISHTINE/PRISTINA, 27 May 2009- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo, in co-operation with the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, will organize a series of televised debates, the first of which airs tomorrow, on press freedom...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek co-chairs regular discussion on preparations for presidential election
Publishing date: 27 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
BISHKEK, 27 May, 2009- The OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the Central Election Commission hosted a meeting today that focused on preparations for the 23 July presidential election and proposals in support of international and OSCE election standards...
OSCE promotes media self-regulation with training seminar for Moldovan journalists and editors
Publishing date: 21 May 2009
Content type: Press release
CHISINAU, 21 May 2009- Raising awareness about the importance of media self-regulation as a credible and viable mechanism to guarantee editorial independence and uphold journalistic ethics is the aim of a two-day training seminar...
Press release issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
Publishing date: 19 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Economic activities
VIENNA, 19 May 2009- The following is a press release issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly today. The views expressed in this press release do not necessarily reflect those of the OSCE Chairmanship, nor of all OSCE Participating States...
OSCE launches book to help countries create gender-sensitive labour migration policies
Publishing date: 18 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
ATHENS, 18 May 2009- The OSCE launched a book today that aims to help countries adapt their labour migration policies to avoid gender-based discrimination...
Pluralistic media essential for democratic elections, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 15 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 15 May 2009- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, said today that pluralistic television that provides access to fair information about all participating parties is a prerequisite for free elections...