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OSCE Centre helps earthquake victims in Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 7 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Economic activities, Human rights
BISHKEK, 7 October 2008- The OSCE Centre in Bishkek announced today it will donate 15,000 euros to help the victims of a deadly earthquake that occurred on Sunday in the Alay district of the Osh province in southern Kyrgyzstan...

OSCE Office supports civic involvement of young people in Armenia's regions

Publishing date: 7 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
YEREVAN, 7 October 2008- The OSCE Office in Yerevan and Armenia's Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs signed a memorandum of understanding today to promote civic activism among young people in Armenia's regions...

OSCE Mission to Skopje supports Roma Decade activities

Publishing date: 7 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
SKOPJE, 7 October 2008- A project to revise the existing national action plans on education, employment, housing and healthcare with the aim of improving the situation of country's Roma population was launched today in Skopje...

OSCE conference in Ukraine focuses on human rights violation in pre-trial detention centres

Publishing date: 7 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Policing
SUDAK, Ukraine, 7 October, 2008- Human rights violations in pre-trial detention centres in Eastern Europe and national preventive mechanisms against torture and ill treatment in such centres are the focus of an OSCE conference in Sudak...

OSCE Office supports guide for SMEs on recent tax changes in Armenia

Publishing date: 7 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Economic activities
YEREVAN, 7 October 2008- A simplified tax guidebook explaining recent legislation affecting small and medium-sized enterprises (SME), supported by the OSCE Office in Yerevan, was presented in Yerevan today...

Finland and OSCE train Central Asian senior officials in border security and management

Publishing date: 6 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution
HELSINKI, 6 October 2008- Enhancing the capacities of border and law enforcement agencies in Central Asia is the aim of a training course that began in Helsinki today.

Head of Mission to Georgia dismisses 'preposterous' disinformation campaign

Publishing date: 6 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
TBILISI, 6 October 2008- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Georgia, Ambassador Terhi Hakala, called today for the immediate halt to the spreading of inflammatory disinformation, saying it was a direct threat to the security of OSCE personnel.