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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE and EU assess progress of elections assistance to Ukraine
Publishing date: 14 December 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
KYIV, 15 December 2010- An OSCE-supported conference held today reviewed the results of a long-term election assistance project that established a state voter register, trained nearly 90,000 election officials ahead of 2010 presidential elections and supported to the drafting of a new unified election code...
OSCE supports methodology to assess scale of corruption in Ukraine
Publishing date: 2 December 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
KYIV, 3 December 2010- National methodology to measure the level of corruption in public administration was presented in Kyiv today during an event jointly organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine and the country's Justice Ministry...
OSCE and EU help develop training system for election commissioners in Ukraine
Publishing date: 29 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Elections
KYIV, 29 November 2010- Experts and officials discussed how to train election commission members during an OSCE-supported conference held in Kyiv today...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator supports regional discussions on civil society development in Ukraine
Publishing date: 26 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Democratization
DONETSK, Ukraine, 26 November 2010- The final of five regional seminars to discuss ways of enhancing the financial sustainability of Ukraine's civil society organizations and confidence-building measures with state authorities started in Donetsk today...
Ukraine to chair the OSCE in 2013
Publishing date: 23 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
VIENNA, 23 November 2010- Ukraine will hold the OSCE Chairmanship in 2013, foreign ministers from the 56 OSCE participating States decided today...
OSCE starts clean-up of toxic rocket fuel component from third military base in Ukraine
Publishing date: 19 November 2010
Content type: Press release
What we do: Arms control, Economic activities, Environmental activities
RADEKHIV, Ukraine, 19 November- Specialists filled railway tanks with a toxic rocket fuel component that had been stored in deteriorating containers at a military base in Western Ukraine today in preparation for shipping...
OSCE human rights chief urges Ukraine to safeguard previous achievements in holding democratic elections
Publishing date: 18 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
KYIV, 18 November 2010- During a visit to Kyiv today, Ambassador Janez Lenarcic, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), called on the Ukrainian authorities to safeguard and consolidate the improvements...