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Roma women need better access to health care, says OSCE Roma adviser

Publishing date: 9 March 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Roma and Sinti
Women from the Roma and Sinti communities are particularly vulnerable regarding their access to health care and more should be done to address the multiple forms of discrimination against them, said the head of the OSCE Contact Point for Roma and Sinti Issues, Andrzej Mirga, on International Women’s Day on 8 March 2012...

OSCE media freedom representative condemns attack on journalist in Montenegro

Publishing date: 8 March 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Mission to Montenegro
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 8 March 2012 – Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today strongly condemned the attack on Olivera Lakić, a journalist with the daily newspaper Vijesti.

OSCE Secretary General stresses importance of co-operation with EU in meeting with European Commission President in Brussels

Publishing date: 8 March 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier, visiting Brussels on 6 and 7 March 2012, discussed with the European Commission President, José Manuel Durão Barroso, co-operation between the EU and the OSCE in addressing current and emerging security challenges in the OSCE region...

OSCE media representative calls on Tajik authorities to lift ban on Facebook and news websites

Publishing date: 7 March 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media freedom on the internet
VIENNA, 7 March 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, appealed to the Government of Tajikistan today to reverse instructions to block the Facebook social media platform and four websites reporting on social and political affairs...

Norway’s internet voting pilot project held in an open manner but could have benefited from more formalized procedures, says ODIHR report

Publishing date: 6 March 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
Norway’s internet voting project for the 12 September local government elections was conducted in an open manner, but the system could have benefited from more formalized procedures, says the final report of the ODIHR Election Expert Team...

OSCE Office supports Armenia’s governance reform

Publishing date: 6 March 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Good governance
Centralised data transfer system, measures to implement state labour oversight, control of technical security were discussed at the Inter-agency Inspection Reform Council held in Yerevan on 6 March 2012 with the OSCE Office’s participation...

OSCE Office and Yerevan State University sign a co-operation agreement

Publishing date: 2 March 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
The Head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan, Ambassador Andrey Sorokin and Rector of the Yerevan State University, Aram Simonyan, signed on 2 March 2012 a Memorandum of Understanding on establishing a Sustainable Development Centre in the Yerevan State University...