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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Project Co-ordinator supports regional discussions on civil society development in Ukraine
Publishing date: 26 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Democratization
DONETSK, Ukraine, 26 November 2010- The final of five regional seminars to discuss ways of enhancing the financial sustainability of Ukraine's civil society organizations and confidence-building measures with state authorities started in Donetsk today...
OSCE Mission to Moldova launches campaign against gender-based violence
Publishing date: 25 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Moldova
CHISINAU, 25 November 2010-The OSCE Mission to Moldova today launched a series of awareness-raising activities, including continuing performances of a play, as part of the international 16-Day Campaign Against Gender-Based Violence...
OSCE Mission to Serbia hosts seminar for journalists from Pristina and Belgrade reporting on organized crime
Publishing date: 25 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Education, Media freedom and development, Policing, Rule of law
BELGRADE, 25 November 2010-An OSCE-organized seminar on investigative journalism focusing on coverage of organized crime for journalists from Pristina and Belgrade started today in Belgrade....
OSCE Centre in Astana raises awareness of disabilities as human rights issue
Publishing date: 25 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Human rights, Tolerance and non-discrimination
ASTANA, 25 June 2010- The rights of persons with disabilities were in focus during a workshop conducted today by the OSCE Centre in Astana in co-operation with Kazakhstan's...
Statement by OSCE Head of Mission in Kosovo on International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women
Publishing date: 24 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Gender equality, Policing, Rule of law
PRISHTINE/PRISTINA, 24 November 2010- On the occasion of 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Ambassador Werner Almhofer, Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, made the following statement...
OSCE expert report on the authorities' investigation of journalist's death
Publishing date: 23 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Troika, OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
VIENNA, 23 November 2010- Today independent experts tasked by the OSCE completed an assessment of the ongoing investigation into the death of the Belarusian journalist Aleh Byabenin...
OSCE media freedom representative condemns arrest of journalists covering protest at U.S. military base
Publishing date: 23 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 23 November 2010- The OSCE Media Freedom Representative, Dunja Mijatovic, today condemned the detention and arrest over the weekend of several journalists covering demonstrations outside the Fort Benning military base in Columbus, Georgia...