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OSCE media representative asks Tajikistan to unblock YouTube and to ensure free flow of information

Publishing date: 27 July 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media freedom on the internet
VIENNA, 27 July 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, called on the government of Tajikistan today to unblock video sharing website YouTube and ensure the free flow and access to information...

OSCE/ODIHR report finds May elections in Greece administered efficiently and impartially, recommends improvements to campaign finance regulations

Publishing date: 27 July 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
Greece’s early parliamentary elections on 6 May were administered efficiently and impartially in a competitive and open manner, despite tight deadlines and an adverse economic background, concludes the OSCE/ODIHR final report...

OSCE Centre in Bishkek hosts expert meeting for anti-terrorism agencies

Publishing date: 27 July 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism
BISHKEK, 27 July 2012 – Exchanging expertise and enhancing co-operation and co-ordination on anti-terrorism issues was the topic of a two-day OSCE expert meeting that concluded today in Bishkek...

OSCE Mission welcomes establishment of new Serbian Government

Publishing date: 26 July 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
BELGRADE, 27 July 2012- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Dimitrios Kypreos, welcomed today the formation of the Government in Serbia...

Moldova’s automated election-management system has potential but needs more work, ODIHR says

Publishing date: 26 July 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Elections
An automated information system Moldova is introducing to help administer elections could become a powerful management tool but improvements are necessary, according to an assessment by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) presented in Chisinau on 26 July 2012...

OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities urges dialogue and compromise on ‘divisive’ language law in Ukraine

Publishing date: 26 July 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: National minority issues
KYIV, 26 JULY 2012 – OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Knut Vollebaek described the situation surrounding a new language law in Ukraine as “deeply divisive” at the conclusion of his visit to the country today, and urged the authorities to engage in dialogue.

25th IPRM meeting takes place in Ergneti

Publishing date: 26 July 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
ERGNETI, 26 July 2012- On 26 July, the 25th meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism, co-facilitated by the EU Monitoring Mission and the OSCE, took place in Ergneti...