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OSCE Centre in Dushanbe presents fruit orchards to people of Shaartuz
Publishing date: 26 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Environmental activities
SHAARTUZ, Tajikistan, 26 March 2008- Two fruit orchards donated by the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe were opened today in Shaartuz ahead of a international conference on ecology to be hosted by the Tajik Government there...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office appoints Kimmo Kiljunen Special Envoy for Elections
Publishing date: 26 March 2008
HELSINKI, 26 March 2008- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva, appointed today Kimmo Kiljunen, a Finnish member of parliament, as his Special Envoy on election-related issues...
Latest amendments to Slovakia's draft Press Act an improvement but still fall short, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 25 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws
VIENNA, 25 March 2008- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, welcomed today the Slovak Government's acceptance of one of his key proposals for its draft Press Act...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes Irish government move to decriminalize libel
Publishing date: 19 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 19 March 2008- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, welcomed today a decision by the Irish Justice Minister, Brian Lenihan, to fully abolish criminal libel...
OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs issue statement on Nagorno-Karabakh
Publishing date: 19 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Minsk Group
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Rule of law
VIENNA, 19 March 2008- The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs issued the following statement today: "The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Yuri Merzlyakov for the Russian Federation, and Bernard Fassier for France, as well as Mike Carpenter...
Deadline for OSCE photo contest expires 1 April
Publishing date: 19 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
VIENNA, 19 March 2008- The deadline for submitting photographs for the 2008 photo contest under the theme "Waterways of life", announced by the Finnish OSCE Chairmanship, will expire 1 April.
OSCE trains Georgian government officials, journalists with focus on facilitating access to information
Publishing date: 18 March 2008
Content type: Press release
What we do: Democratization, Media freedom and development
TBILISI, 18 March 2008- Fostering effective ties between government bodies and journalists and increasing access to official information are the focus of a two-day OSCE training seminar that started in Tbilisi today...