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Head of Office discusses housing care with senior officials

Publishing date: 30 March 2010
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office in Zagreb (closed)
February-March 2010- The Head of the OSCE Office in Zagreb, Ambassador Enrique Horcajada, held a series of meetings with top Croatian officials in charge of Housing Care Programme issues in order to assess the progress made in the implementation of the Programme.

Chairmanship, Nagorno-Karabakh and Ukraine focus of OSCE Magazine

Publishing date: 26 March 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Newsroom
VIENNA, 26 March 2010- The latest OSCE Magazine, now available in print and online, highlights the priorities of the 2010 Kazakh OSCE Chairmanship, its first activities and preparations towards the goal of holding a summit later this year...

OSCE Mission in Kosovo to present report on use of detention

Publishing date: 12 March 2010
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Rule of law
PRISHTINE/PRISTINA, 12 March 2010- The use of detention and the judges' justification for detention is the topic of a report to be presented at a news conference on Monday by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo...

Residents in eastern Kyrgyzstan city view police work more positively following OSCE-supported reforms, new opinion poll shows

Publishing date: 9 March 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Democratization, Policing
BISHKEK, 9 March, 2010- The share of residents in the eastern city of Karakol who view police work positively has almost tripled since 2006, when OSCE-supported reforms began, according to the results of a new survey released today...

Despite certain positive steps, Tajikistan's parliamentary elections failed to meet many key OSCE commitments

Publishing date: 1 March 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Elections
DUSHANBE, 1 March 2010- Yesterday's parliamentary elections took place peacefully, but despite certain small positive steps failed to meet many key OSCE commitments, the international election observation mission concluded in a preliminary statement...

OSCE media freedom representative criticizes 'misuse' of libel laws to muzzle the press in Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Hungary

Publishing date: 8 February 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media freedom and development, Media laws
VIENNA, 8 February 2010- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, condemned today as "dangerous attempts at censorship" lawsuits initiated by government officials in Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Hungary against media outlets...

OSCE media freedom representative concerned about persecution of journalists in Uzbekistan

Publishing date: 2 February 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development, Rule of law, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 2 February 2010- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, said today that he was deeply concerned by the continuing harassment of journalists in Uzbekistan...