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OSCE Mission organizes crisis response training course for Georgian Interior Ministry staff

Publishing date: 28 November 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Countering terrorism
TBILISI, 28 November 2005- Creating an effective crisis response to incidents of terrorism is the aim of an OSCE-organized training course for 21 middle-ranking Georgian Interior Ministry officials, starting today in Tbilisi. The course...

OSCE/ODIHR Director calls for an inclusive discussion on changes to Albanian election process

Publishing date: 18 November 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
TIRANA, 18 November 2005- Amb. Christian Strohal, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, today stressed the need for Albania to take full charge of any discussion and decisions aimed at improving its electoral system.

OSCE and Council of Europe sign agreement on common goals in south-eastern Europe

Publishing date: 17 November 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Partnerships, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Democratization
STRASBOURG, 17 November 2005- The OSCE Secretary General, Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, and the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Terry Davis, today signed an agreement on local and regional self-government in south-eastern Europe...

OSCE Mission welcomes adoption of new law on police, calls for effective implementation and oversight

Publishing date: 16 November 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
BELGRADE, 16 November 2005- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro welcomed the adoption of the new Law on Police by the Serbian legislature, but noted that effective implementation is essential and that the legislative framework...

OSCE conference participants call for "global network" to suppress terrorist financing

Publishing date: 9 November 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities
VIENNA, 9 November 2005- High-level representatives from international organiza-tions and OSCE States, attending an anti-terrorism financing conference in Vienna, called today for the building of a "global anti-terrorism network" to help suppress...

OSCE media freedom representative asks Hague Tribunal to release Croatian journalist

Publishing date: 11 October 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, Media laws, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 11 October 2005- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, has asked the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia to release Croatian journalist Josip Jovic, the former editor-in-chief of...

Chairman-in-Office welcomes progress in Bosnia and Herzegovina but warns of need to tackle remaining obstacles

Publishing date: 27 September 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization, Education, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
SARAJEVO, 27 September 2005- In the course of a day-long visit to Sarajevo, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, noted Bosnia and Herzegovina's progress in many areas, particularly defence reform, pointing out...