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Czech presidential election competitive and professionally organized, several aspects remain to be addressed, concludes OSCE/ODIHR final report

Publishing date: 30 April 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
The presidential election in the Czech Republic in January 2013 was competitive, professionally organized and enjoyed a high level of public confidence, says the final report by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) released on 30 April 2013. The report suggests further steps to improve some aspects of the electoral process, including candidate registration and campaign finance...

Women, peace and security in focus of OSCE workshop in Uzbekistan

Publishing date: 30 April 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Gender equality
TASHKENT, 30 April 2013 – Uzbekistan law enforcement representatives met in Tashkent today for an OSCE-supported workshop to discuss rights of women and their participation in peace negotiations and in post-conflict reconstruction...

OSCE Centre supports anti-corruption legislation discussion in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 29 April 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Good governance
ASTANA, 29 April 2013- An OSCE-supported expert roundtable discussion on the draft law on combatting corruption was held in the Kazakhstan Parliament today...

Anti-Discrimination Commission presents 2012 report in Skopje with OSCE support

Publishing date: 29 April 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
The OSCE Mission to Skopje supported an event on 29 April 2013 to present the 2012 Annual Report of the Anti-Discrimination Commission...

OSCE media freedom representative mourns death of Karol Jakubowicz

Publishing date: 29 April 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 29 April 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today expressed deep sorrow following the death of Polish professor and journalist Karol Jakubowicz who died on 28 April...

OSCE Chairperson calls on Chisinau and Tiraspol to preserve stability and keep calm in the region

Publishing date: 27 April 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
KYIV, 27 April 2013- OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara today expressed his concern over recent actions that took place in the Security Zone, affecting calm and stability in the region...

Head of OSCE Mission to Moldova reacts to last night´s incidents

Publishing date: 27 April 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
CHISINAU, 27 April 2013- "I strongly condemn the incidents that happened last night in the Security Zone and call for the reduction of tensions between the sides. I discourage the Transdniestrian side from taking further unilateral actions that could destabilize the situation," said today Ambassador Jennifer Brush, Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova.