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OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Désir and Head of Mission Braathu condemn attack on journalist in Kosovo
Publishing date: 17 August 2017
Content type: Press release
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA/VIENNA, 17 August 2017 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir and the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo Ambassador Jan Braathu today condemned the attack on Wednesday on a journalist in Prishtinë/Priština...
OSCE media freedom representative calls for immediate release of detained journalists in Turkey
Publishing date: 10 August 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 10 August 2017- OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir today expressed deep concern regarding the issuance of arrest warrants for 35 journalists and the resulting detention of nine journalists today in Istanbul, Turkey...
Newly installed OSCE SMM camera destroyed by small-arms fire in eastern Ukraine
Publishing date: 10 August 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
KYIV, 10 August 2017- Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan, the Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), condemned the shooting at, and destruction of, a newly-installed SMM thermal camera at the Donetsk Filtration Station near Yasynuvata...
Afghan Border Police Officers complete OSCE-supported patrol leadership course
Publishing date: 10 August 2017
Seventeen Afghan border service officers completed a four-week OSCE patrolling and leadership training course on 9 August 2017 at the Gissar Training Centre, Tajikistan...
OSCE training course in Prishtinë/Priština focuses on detecting forged travel documents
Publishing date: 8 August 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management, Countering terrorism
Increasing operational awareness to detect forged documents and imposters is the aim of a three-day advanced training course for specialized police officers organized by the OSCE Secretariat’s Transnational Threats Department with support from the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, which started in Prishtinë/Priština on 8 August 2017...
OSCE concludes roundtable discussion series on organic farming in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 8 August 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
The last in a series of three OSCE-supported regional roundtable discussions on promoting green technologies with a focus on organic agriculture concluded on 8 August 2017 in Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan...
OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe organizes summer camp for young women
Publishing date: 8 August 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Gender equality, Youth