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OSCE Centre publishes brochure on environmental issues in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 23 March 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
TASHKENT, 23 March 2004- A brochure on environmental issues published by the OSCE Centre in Tashkent and the Uzbek non-governmental organization, Sreda Obitaniya (Environment), is aimed at raising public awareness of sustainable development in...
Russian election generally well administered but lacking elements of a genuine democratic contest
Publishing date: 15 March 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
MOSCOW, 15 March 2004- The Russian Presidential Election on 14 March was generally well administered and reflected the consistently high public approval rating of the incumbent president but lacked elements of a genuine democratic contest...
Head of OSCE: Shocked and saddened at death of Macedonian President Trajkovski
Publishing date: 26 February 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
WASHINGTON, D.C., 26 February 2004- The news that President Boris Trajkovski, leader of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia since 1999, has died in a plane crash in Bosnia and Herzegovina reached the Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE...
OSCE Mission to Croatia position on HRT Law
Publishing date: 9 February 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development
ZAGREB, 8 February 2004- The OSCE Mission to Croatia wishes to clarify its position on the current law on Croatian Radio-Television (HRT) following a statement by Social Democratic Party Vice-President Zeljka Antunovic on 5 February...
OSCE Centre in Dushanbe opens information point for youth in Garm
Publishing date: 6 February 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
GARM, 6 February 2004- The OSCE Centre in Dushanbe's Garm Field Office opened an Information Centre for the youth of the Rasht Valley on Thursday, a first of its kind in this remote and mountainous region of Tajikistan. It is equipped with...
OSCE Office in Baku presents journalists with environment prizes
Publishing date: 21 January 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development
BAKU, 21 January 2004- The OSCE Office in Baku has today awarded prizes to four Azerbaijani journalists for their engagement in environmental issues...
Former OSCE Media Representative receives Germany's Order of Merit
Publishing date: 13 January 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 13 January 2004- The former OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, today received the Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany from President Johannes Rau. The award honoured Duve's...