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OSCE meeting in Vienna focuses on hate crime data deficit

Publishing date: 10 November 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
VIENNA, 10 November 2006- OSCE participating States should strengthen efforts to collect information and statistics on hate crimes, including on violent manifestations of racism, xenophobia...

OSCE Mission to Skopje supports efforts to improve access to information in south-eastern Europe

Publishing date: 10 November 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Media freedom and development
SKOPJE, 10 November 2006- How to best help citizens use their rights under laws on access to information was the focus of an international conference that ended today in Skopje...

Tajik democracy not fully tested in uncompetitive presidential election

Publishing date: 7 November 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
DUSHANBE, 7 November 2006- Democratic practices were not fully tested in the 6 November presidential election in Tajikistan due to the absence of genuine competition, thus providing voters with only nominal choice, concludes an OSCE statement issued...

OSCE Project Co-ordinator to hold meeting in Kyiv on media development

Publishing date: 7 November 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development
KYIV, 7 November 2006- Ways of further developing a transparent, free and professional media environment in Ukraine will be discussed at a meeting in Kyiv, organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine and the NGO International Media Support...

OSCE Moldova Mission calls for fair and equal campaigning in Gagauz elections

Publishing date: 27 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Elections
CHISINAU, 27 October 2006- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, Amb. O'Neill called today on central and regional authorities to ensure fair and equal campaign conditions for the December elections in the autonomous Gagauz region in Moldova...

OSCE expert meeting: education is key element to promote respect and fight intolerance

Publishing date: 23 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
DUBROVNIK, 23 October 2006- Teacher training, improved curricula and education about the Holocaust are central elements in the fight against racism, xenophobia and anti-Semitism, speakers said at an international OSCE meeting in Croatia today...

OSCE organizes media training programme in Brussels

Publishing date: 23 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development
BRUSSELS, 23 October 2006- The relationship between journalism and politics, media laws, investigative reporting, and the role of the media in a democratic society will be the focus of an OSCE training course in Brussels this week...