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OSCE Transnational Threats Department co-organizes training course in Athens on enhancing cyber stability and co-operation in the Mediterranean region

Publishing date: 13 February 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Cyber/ICT Security
Forty policymakers, technical officers and private sector representatives from ten OSCE participating States and Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation completed a two-day sub-regional training course in Athens on how international cyber/ICT security mechanisms can enhance regional cyber stability...

OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities presents Tallinn Guidelines on National Minorities and the Media in the Digital Age

Publishing date: 13 February 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: Media freedom and development, National minority issues
States need comprehensive and concrete policy advice on how to use media as a powerful tool for conflict prevention and social integration, said OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Lamberto Zannier as he presented The Tallinn Guidelines on National Minorities and the Media in the Digital Age in the Estonian capital on 13 February 2019...

OSCE Media Freedom Representative welcomes landmark judgment in UK on protecting confidentiality of journalistic sources

Publishing date: 8 February 2019
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, Media laws
VIENNA, 8 February 2019 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, today welcomed a court decision in Northern Ireland recognizing journalists’ rights to protect the confidentiality of their sources...

Civil Society Coalition against Torture and Impunity in Tajikistan meet in Dushanbe with OSCE support

Publishing date: 7 February 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Human rights
A two-day annual meeting of the Civil Society Coalition against Torture and Impunity in Tajikistan, hosted by the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, was held on 1 and 2 February 2019 in Dushanbe...

Preventing trafficking in human beings in governmental supply chains focus of OSCE-co-organized regional conference in Athens

Publishing date: 1 February 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
ATHENS, 1 February 2019 – A two-day regional conference on preventing trafficking in human beings through government procurement practices and measures, with a focus on the Balkan region, concluded yesterday in Athens, Greece...

No alternative to good-faith Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, OSCE PA’s Pritchard says in field visit

Publishing date: 1 February 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
PRISTINA, 1 February 2019 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly encourages all channels of dialogue, including parliamentary diplomacy, as a means to support and improve reconciliation and co-operation in the South East European region, British parliamentarian Mark Pritchard emphasized today in a visit to Pristina, Mitrovica and Gracanica...

Corruption Perceptions Index for Albania concerning and indicates that ongoing reforms have to continue, says OSCE Head of Presence Bernd Borchardt

Publishing date: 31 January 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Good governance
TIRANA, 31 January 2019- Transparency International published the results of its Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2018 ranking Albania at place 99 among the 180 countries and territories included in the index.