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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
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
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...

International rights bodies call on politicians to lead fight against intolerance and discrimination

Publishing date: 18 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Gender equality, National minority issues, Roma and Sinti, Tolerance and non-discrimination
WARSAW/STRASBOURG/VIENNA, 18 March 2008- In a joint statement issued on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on 21 March, three leading human rights agencies call on political leaders to assume...

OSCE media freedom representative calls on Azerbaijan to investigate latest attack against journalist

Publishing date: 17 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Democratization, Media freedom and development, Rule of law, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 17 March 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, condemned today the stabbing of Agil Khalil, a reporter of the Azerbaijani opposition newspaper Azadliq, and urged the government to investigate...

Statement of the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group

Publishing date: 17 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Minsk Group
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 17 March 2007- The United States, France and the Russian Federation, in their capacity as Co-Chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group dealing with the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, issued the following statement...

OSCE media freedom representative and partners call on Ukraine to further development of free media

Publishing date: 17 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Media freedom and development, Rule of law
KYIV, 17 March 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, and representatives for the Council of Europe and the European Commission, called on Ukraine today to continue efforts to create a free press...

OSCE Chairman offers condolences and help over fatal blast at Albanian arms site

Publishing date: 17 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
HELSINKI, 17 March 2008- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva, expressed his condolences to Albania today and offered the Organization's assistance after a series of huge explosions at an arms dump which killed...