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OSCE Media Representative concerned about deportation of journalist from Belarus
Publishing date: 23 June 2004
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, 23 June 2004- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, has expressed his serious concern about the decision on 21 June by the Belarusian security services, the KGB, to deport Mihail Padalyak, a journalist from the...
OSCE Mission, Serb Parliament announce winners of high school essay contest: "If I were Prime Minister"
Publishing date: 21 June 2004
BELGRADE, 21 June 2004- Three high school students were today awarded top prizes in the Serbian parliament for their entries in the "If I were Serbian Prime Minister" essay competition. The three students will have their essays published in Danas...
OSCE Skopje mission supports Model UN event to help bridge ethnic divisions
Publishing date: 21 June 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
SKOPJE, 21 June 2004- An ethnically mixed group of 80 students are participating in a Model UN VIP Conference beginning today at Ohrid. Working to improve inter-ethnic relations and build confidence, the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo begins 'by-mail' Operation for out-of-Kosovo voters
Publishing date: 17 June 2004
PRISTINA, 17 June 2004- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo has begun a major effort today to update the Voters List for the upcoming Assembly election by mailing ballot applications to all previously registered voters residing outside of Kosovo and inviting...
Head of OSCE Office welcomes release of some Armenian opposition members
Publishing date: 4 June 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
YEREVAN, 4 June 2004- The Head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan, Vladimir Pryakhin, today welcomed the release from custody of two members of the opposition Republic party, Aramazd Zakaryan and Jora Sapeyan, and the withdrawal of charges against them. He...
Tajik journalists receive OSCE training on reporting human trafficking
Publishing date: 2 June 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
DUSHANBE, 2 June 2004- As part of its anti-trafficking programme, the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe has launched a five-day training programme on human trafficking reporting for 23 journalists from different regions of Tajikistan. The training is intended...
OSCE Mission condemns murder of journalist in Montenegro
Publishing date: 28 May 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Media freedom and development
BELGRADE, 28 May 2004- The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro strongly condemned the murder of the Editor-in-Chief and owner of Dan Newspaper, Dusko Jovanovic, in Podgorica late last night...