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Tajik journalists celebrate Press Freedom Day with OSCE Centre in Dushanbe

Publishing date: 5 May 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Media freedom and development
DUSHANBE, 5 May 2003- Some five hundred journalists from across Tajikistan gathered to celebrate World Press Freedom Day at a special event in Dushanbe on Saturday. The winners of a competition on how democratic and socio-economic reforms for...

Fighting terrorism, respect for human rights focus of OSCE meeting in Baku

Publishing date: 30 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Countering terrorism
BAKU, 30 April 2003- An OSCE meeting has opened today in the Azeri capital, Baku, focusing on the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1373, which calls for States to co-operate in the global struggle against terrorism. One of...

Draft Tajik advertising law discussed at OSCE roundtable

Publishing date: 23 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Media freedom and development
DUSHANBE, 23 April 2003- Provisions of a draft Tajik law on advertising have been reviewed in an OSCE roundtable in the country's capital, Dushanbe. Hosted by the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe, the meeting discussed the draft law from the point of...

OSCE Kosovo Mission hosts training seminar on economics reporting

Publishing date: 23 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Media freedom and development
PRISTINA, 23 April 2003- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo has begun a four-day training course for local journalists concerned with covering economic issues. The course aims to help media look at the basic concept of how to report on economic...

OSCE Baku Office holds workshop on business incubators and industrial parks

Publishing date: 22 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
BAKU, 22 April 2003- The OSCE has organized the first national workshop on business incubators and industrial parks in Azerbaijan, which will be held on 23 and 24 April in Baku. The concept of business incubators comprises a wide range of institutions...

OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities visits Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 22 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues
BISHKEK, 22 April 2003- On an official visit to Kyrgyzstan, the OSCE's High Commissioner on National Minorities, Rolf Ekeus, said that in multi-ethnic societies politics should be oriented towards integration rather than towards assimilation or...

OSCE assists Croatia on media legislation

Publishing date: 15 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media freedom and development, Media laws
ZAGREB, 15 April 2003- OSCE experts held meetings in Zagreb on 14 and 15 April to discuss the draft law on Electronic Media and Croatia's libel legislation. "This is part of the OSCE's assistance to Croatia in developing media legislation that...