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OSCE media freedom representative welcomes Italian Senate’s rejection of libel legislation, calls for full decriminalization of defamation

Publishing date: 28 November 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media freedom and development, Media laws
VIENNA, 28 November 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, welcomed today the rejection by the Senate in Rome of the proposal to retain imprisonment for defamation in the Italian Criminal Code...

28th IPRM meeting takes place in Ergneti

Publishing date: 27 November 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
ERGNETI, 27 November 2012- On 27 November, the 28th meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism, co-facilitated by the European Union Monitoring Mission and the OSCE, took place in Ergneti...

Head of OSCE Presence in Albania meets coalition of domestic election observers

Publishing date: 27 November 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Elections
TIRANA, 27 November 2012- The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth, met today with representatives of the Domestic Observers Coalition to discuss planned activities in the run-up to the 2013 parliamentary elections...

OSCE supports discussion on social adaptation of discharged military personnel in Ukraine

Publishing date: 27 November 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
KYIV, 27 November 2012 – The state social adaptation programme for discharged military personnel was the focus of a roundtable discussion supported by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) in Kyiv today...

OSCE Secretary General discusses co-operation with EU at European Parliament in Brussels

Publishing date: 27 November 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier exchanged views with representatives of the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs at a joint meeting of the Subcommittees on Security and Defence and on Human Rights in Brussels on 26 November 2012...

OSCE promotes discussion on democratic reform process in Uzbekistan’s regions

Publishing date: 27 November 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Democratization
Challenges faced by the regions is the focus of a two-day workshop started on 27 November 2012 in Nukus, the capital of Uzbekistan’s autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan...

Head of OSCE Presence congratulates Albanians on 100th anniversary of independence

Publishing date: 27 November 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
TIRANA, 27 November 2012- The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth, issued the following statement today, ahead of the country’s 100th anniversary of independence on 28 November: