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OSCE Mission in Kosovo encourages regional co-operation among investigative journalists

Publishing date: 25 October 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Media freedom and development
An OSCE-organized conference on the risks and challenges of accessing information for investigative reporting purposes gathered journalists from Belgrade, Podgorica, Prishtinë/Priština, Sarajevo, Skopje, Tirana, in Prishtinë/Priština on 21 October 2011...

OSCE, UN work together to stop proliferation of weapons of mass destruction

Publishing date: 25 October 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control
The OSCE Secretariat and the United Nations have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the joint implementation of projects to stop the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction...

OSCE discusses approaches to prosecuting cybercrime aspects of trafficking in Ukraine

Publishing date: 25 October 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
KYIV, 25 October 2011 – A roundtable discussion on prosecuting cybercrime in Ukraine took place in Kyiv today...

Parliamentary observers applaud Tunisian elections: vote shows country on its way to guaranteeing freedom, human rights, democracy

Publishing date: 25 October 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Elections
TUNIS, 24 October 2011 – International election observers from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly today declared the first democratic elections in Tunisia as “free and fair” and praised the Tunisian people for their participation in the electoral process...

Statement of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs

Publishing date: 24 October 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Minsk Group
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BAKU, 24 October 2011- The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Bernard Fassier of France, Robert Bradtke of the United States, and Igor Popov of the Russian Federation) and Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk (Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office) traveled October 21-24 to Yerevan, Nagorno-Karabakh, and Baku...

Nansen Dialogue Centre Skopje wins Max van der Stoel Award 2011

Publishing date: 24 October 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: Education, National minority issues
THE HAGUE, 24 October 2011 – The International Jury of the Max van der Stoel Award today awarded its 2011 prize to the Nansen Dialogue Centre Skopje (NDC Skopje) for its outstanding work to promote integrated education and improve co-operation between ethnic communities...

Lithuania should decriminalize defamation, says OSCE media freedom representative

Publishing date: 24 October 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 24 October 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, expressed concern at the criminal defamation trial of Dainius Radzevičius, the Chairman of the Lithuanian Union of Journalists, that started in Vilnius today...