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Economic, political interests and poor legal implementation hinder free press in Albania, says OSCE media freedom representative

Publishing date: 7 June 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Digital switchover, Media freedom and development, Media freedom on the internet, Media laws
TIRANA, 7 June 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, called upon the Albanian government to strengthen media freedom in the country as a priority as she concluded her three-day visit to Tirana today...

Kyrgyzstani law-enforcement’s role in protecting freedom of religion or belief discussed at Bishkek seminar

Publishing date: 6 June 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
The role played by law-enforcement agencies in protecting freedom of religion or belief was the focus of a seminar organized by ODIHR, the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and partners in Kyrgyzstan’s capital on 4 and 5 June 2012...

OSCE, EU support opening of Armenian Human Rights Defender’s offices in Armenia’s regions

Publishing date: 6 June 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Human rights
VANADZOR, Armenia, 6 June 2012 – Today the Armenian Human Rights Defender officially opened its regional office in the Lori province, one of six regional offices in Armenia. Human Rights Defender Karen Andreasyan, Ambassador Andrey Sorokin, the Head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan, and Ambassador Traian Hristea, the Head of the European Delegation to Armenia, attended the opening ceremony...

OSCE Chairperson to visit Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan

Publishing date: 6 June 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
DUBLIN, 6 JUNE 2012 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Eamon Gilmore, will travel to Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan next week to meet government leaders, representatives of political parties for discussions of the OSCE’s work in the region...

German experience of parliamentary control over armed forces outlined at OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation

Publishing date: 6 June 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
Member of the German Bundestag Defence Committee Ernst-Reinhard Beck addressed the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC) on 6 June 2012 in Vienna on democratic control over armed forces...

More than 250 Parliamentarians to meet in Monaco

Publishing date: 6 June 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 6 June 2012—For the first time lawmakers from Europe, Asia and North America will convene 5 July to debate the economic question at the heart of the global economic crisis: austerity measures or economic stimulus?

Exchange of information key to fighting terrorism, organized crime say participants in OSCE workshop in Central Asia

Publishing date: 6 June 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 6 June 2012 – Enhancing co-operation in Central Asia to fight organized crime and terrorism is the topic of a two-day workshop organized by the OSCE, UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and Central Asian Regional Information and Coordination Center (CARICC) that began today in Almaty...