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OSCE PA President urges dialogue and restraint following recent developments in Spain

Publishing date: 4 October 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Elections
ANDORRA LA VELLA, 4 October 2017 – Following discussion in the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Standing Committee of Heads of Delegations today related to the situation in Spain, Austrian parliamentarian Christine Muttonen, President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, issued the following statement:

Gender equality key to effectiveness and legitimacy of democratic institutions, say participants in regional conference co-organized by ODIHR in Chisinau

Publishing date: 4 October 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization
Making parliaments more representative and gender-sensitive was the focus of discussions among parliamentarians, local elected officials and civil society representatives from Eastern Europe and Central Asia during a regional conference held in Chisinau on 3 and 4 October 2017. The event was

Education for Social Justice training concludes in Zvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Publishing date: 4 October 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Education, National minority issues
Zvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 4 October 2017 – An Education for Social Justice training for primary schools, organized by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), concluded on 4 October 2017 in Zvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Lamberto Zannier presents Serbian-Albanian/Albanian-Serbian dictionary to primary school children

Publishing date: 4 October 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Education, National minority issues
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Lamberto Zannier presented the first ever children’s illustrated Serbian-Albanian/Albanian-Serbian dictionary (Mali rečnik/Fjalor i vogël) to pupils in two primary schools in Bujanovac and Preševo today. Over the next three days, the dictionary

OSCE media freedom representative concludes country visit to Georgia, addresses reforms and developments affecting media freedom

Publishing date: 4 October 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development
TBILISI, 4 October 2017 – Concluding a two-day visit to Tbilisi, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir welcomed the amendments to Georgia’s Constitution, recently adopted by the Parliament, which will grant citizens the right to access and freely use the internet. The amendments also enhance the right to access to information and the independence of the public service broadcaster...

Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 3 October 2017

Publishing date: 4 October 2017
Content type: Weekly report
Where we are: OSCE Observer Mission at the Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk (discontinued)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
KAMENSK-SHAKHTINSKIY, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). The overall number of border crossings by persons decreased at both BCPs compared to the previous week...

OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media warns Germany social networks law could have disproportionate effect

Publishing date: 4 October 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws
VIENNA, 4 October 2017 –The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir today called on German authorities to ensure that the freedom of expression is safeguarded in the implementation of, the Network Enforcement Act (NEA), a federal law on better law enforcement in social networks which entered into force on 1 October...