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Finnish Chairmanship welcomes 2008 OSCE budget approval

Publishing date: 7 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council
VIENNA, 7 March 2008- The Finnish Chairmanship welcomed today's decision, reached at a special meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council, to approve the Unified Budget for 2008, amounting to 164,168,200 euro...

Croatia made substantial progress in democratic reforms, says Head of OSCE Zagreb Office

Publishing date: 7 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Zagreb (closed)
ZAGREB, 7 March 2008- Croatia's recent reform progress has enabled the OSCE to wind down the Mission to Croatia and establish an Office in Zagreb to focus on remaining challenges, said the Head of the Office, Ambassador Jorge Fuentes...

Maritime and inland waterways co-operation and the challenges of landlocked countries focus of OSCE Conference in Ashgabad

Publishing date: 6 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Democratization, Economic activities, Environmental activities
ASHGABAD, 6 March 2008- Environmental, economic and security concerns and opportunities related to maritime co-operation are the focus of an international OSCE conference that started today in Ashgabad...

OSCE, partners help Turkmenistan fight money laundering, financing of terrorism

Publishing date: 5 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities, Good governance, Countering terrorism
ASHGABAD, 5 March 2008- Supporting the efforts of Turkmenistan to fight money laundering and the financing of terrorism was the aim of a workshop that ended in Ashgabad today...

OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities to answer questions from the public

Publishing date: 5 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: National minority issues
THE HAGUE, 5 March 2008- The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Knut Vollebaek, launched today a new website feature, "Ask the High Commissioner," aimed at explaining the work of the office...

Kosovo municipalities making progress in establishing new structures, says OSCE Mission report

Publishing date: 5 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
PRISHTINE/PRISTINA, 5 March 2008- New municipal legislation must be implemented quickly and thoroughly so that municipal bodies can start their work and local governance reform can progress, according to a new OSCE Mission report released today...

OSCE Chairman expresses concern over cease-fire violation in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and recent casualties; calls for restraint

Publishing date: 5 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Democratization, Conflict prevention and resolution, Rule of law
HELSINKI, 5 March 2008- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva, expressed serious concern today about military activity on the Line of Contact in the conflict...