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National minorities in focus: SG Montella addresses conference in Lund and receives visit of HCNM Zannier in Copenhagen

Publishing date: 14 November 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: National minority issues
LUND, Sweden, 14 November 2019 – OSCE PA Secretary General Roberto Montella has addressed this morning a high-level conference organized by the Office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities on the occasion of the 20th Anniversary of the Lund Recommendations on the effective participation of national minorities in public life...

OSCE supports roundtable discussion on the rights of persons with disabilities in Nur-Sultan

Publishing date: 14 November 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Human rights, Tolerance and non-discrimination
An OSCE-supported roundtable discussion dedicated to the formation of inclusive society in Kazakhstan took place on 14 November 2019 in Nur-Sultan...

OSCE-supported training course on smuggling and illegal trade in cultural property concludes in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Publishing date: 13 November 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Border management
A two-day training course on the fight against illegal trade in art and cultural property concluded on 13 November 2019 in Sarajevo. Organized by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), in co-operation with the French Embassy in BiH, the training course brought together representatives of law enforcement agencies from across BiH...

OSCE Mission hands over technical assessment report of Gura Bicului-Bychok Bridge to Moldovan Ministry of Economy and Infrastructure

Publishing date: 13 November 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: Chairmanship sources, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Economic activities, Conflict prevention and resolution
The OSCE Mission to Moldova has handed over a report on a full technical assessment of the Gura Bicului-Bychok Bridge, which connects the two banks of the Dniester/Nistru River, to the Moldovan Ministry of Economy and Infrastructure. It was re-opened by Chisinau and Tiraspol on 18 November 2017, after having been closed to vehicles for 25 years, as part of the Transdniestrian settlement process...

OSCE Media Freedom Representative appalled by decision to re-arrest Ahmet Altan in Turkey one week after his release

Publishing date: 12 November 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 12 November 2019 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, expressed his deep concern today regarding the re-arrest of the journalist and writer Ahmet Altan.

Press Statement of Special Representative Sajdik after the regular Meeting of Trilateral Contact Group in Minsk on 12 November 2019

Publishing date: 12 November 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
MINSK, 12 November 2019 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Ambassador Martin Sajdik, issued the following statement to the press after the meeting of the TCG and its working groups in Minsk on 12 November 2019:

OSCE Media Freedom Representative condemns targeting of six journalists in Spain, calls for calm and safe environment ahead of elections

Publishing date: 7 November 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
MOSCOW, 7 November 2019 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, condemned today the targeting of six journalists in Spain.