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Projects of OSCE-backed Green Bridge Partnership Programme discussed in Astana

Publishing date: 23 February 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
Greening the economy and sustainable development in Kazakhstan were the focus of a two-day roundtable meeting that was held in Astana on 22 and 23 February 2012...

OSCE and UNECE launch a handbook of best practices at border crossings

Publishing date: 22 February 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
The Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities and the Transport Division of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) presented in Vienna on 22 February, 2012 a jointly produced handbook on border crossing policies...

OSCE Office in Tajikistan supports public discussion on new media law

Publishing date: 17 February 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Media freedom and development
Members of a parliamentary working group presented the latest version of Tajikistan’s draft media law for the first time to the public at an OSCE-supported roundtable meeting on 16 February 2012...

Attacks against Turkish-language newspaper in Cologne, Paris threaten free reporting, says OSCE media freedom representative

Publishing date: 17 February 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media pluralism, Safety of journalists
PARIS, 17 February 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today condemned attacks on the Paris and Cologne offices of the Turkish-language daily newspaper Zaman and called for a thorough investigation...

Spain’s November elections democratic and transparent, some recent amendments at odds with OSCE commitments, concludes ODIHR report

Publishing date: 17 February 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
Spain’s early parliamentary elections in November were democratic and conducted transparently but some recent amendments to the electoral legal framework appear to be at odds with OSCE Commitments, concludes the ODIHR final report...

Future of Internet freedom at stake, warns OSCE media freedom representative

Publishing date: 17 February 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development
Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, called for concerted global efforts to keep the Internet, as a platform for exercising free expression and for independent media, accessible and free...

On the same side of the table: OSCE Mission to Moldova trains officials from both banks of Dniestr/Nistru on negotiations

Publishing date: 16 February 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Officials from both banks of the Dniestr/Nistru River took part in a training seminar on negotiation skills in Vadul Lui Voda, hosted by the OSCE Mission to Moldova from 13 to 15 February, 2012...