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OSCE Media Freedom Representative concerned about sanctions in Ukraine that endanger media freedom and free flow of information

Publishing date: 25 August 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 25 August 2021 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Teresa Ribeiro today expressed her concern regarding Ukraine’s practice of applying sanctions that negatively affect the work of media outlets and journalists.

OSCE Media Freedom Representative expresses grave concern about dangerous effects of ‘foreign agent’ legislation on media freedom in Russia

Publishing date: 24 August 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 24 August 2021 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Teresa Ribeiro today expressed her grave concern regarding the expanding practice by Russian authorities to designate media outlets and journalists as ‘foreign agents’.

OSCE-supported Annual Anti-Terrorism Experts Meeting in Issyk-Kul focused on preventing and countering violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism

Publishing date: 20 August 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Countering terrorism
The Eighth Annual Anti-Terrorism Experts Meeting, organized by the Anti-Terrorist Center under the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan, the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, and the OSCE’s Action against Terrorism Unit/Transnational Threats Department, was held from 18 to 21 August 2021 in Issyk-Kul.

Canine service of Ukraine’s border guards receive equipment from OSCE to better combat smuggling of weapons, ammunition and explosives

Publishing date: 19 August 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Border management
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine handed over specialized equipment to support the canine units of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (SBGS) at an official ceremony held in Kyiv on 19 August 2021.

OSCE supports Kyrgyzstan’s efforts to develop local economy by enhancing potential of Local Development Funds

Publishing date: 12 August 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Economic activities
Since June 2021, more than 160 participants from across Jalal-Abad and Osh provinces in Kyrgyzstan have taken part in a series of OSCE-supported training sessions focused on developing and implementing projects to promote local economic development.

OSCE Centre in Ashgabat organizes seminar on international experience on implementing digital technologies in water industry

Publishing date: 11 August 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Environmental activities, Water management
International experiences on implementing digital technologies in the water industry was the focus of an OSCE-organized online seminar held on 10 and 11 August 2021 in Ashgabat.

Training canines in Kyrgyzstan to help detect potential COVID-19 cases

Publishing date: 11 August 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
A team of service dogs in Kyrgyzstan have now finished an eight-week training course to detect sources of heat above 37 C, which has also opened the door for these dogs to potentially help detect human body temperature increases associated with COVID-19.