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OSCE Centre opens Aarhus Centre in the Caspian Sea region

Publishing date: 21 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
ASTANA, 21 September 2009- The OSCE Centre in Astana, along with state and non-governmental partners, signed today a memorandum of understanding on the opening and operation of an Aarhus Centre in Atyrau in western Kazakhstan...

OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media asks Italian prime minister to drop libel lawsuits against two Italian dailies

Publishing date: 20 September 2009
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, 20 September 2009- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, urged Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi today to drop two civil libel lawsuits against daily newspapers La Repubblica and L'Unità...

Missile defence developments give new impetus to Corfu Process which aims at promoting confidence and trust among OSCE partners, says OSCE Chairperson

Publishing date: 19 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
ATHENS, 19 September 2009- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis, noting U.S. President Barack Obama's announced plans for missile defence in Europe, expressed today hope that this development would give new impetus...

Senior OSCE official visits Kazakh rights defender in detention, stresses importance of fair appeals process

Publishing date: 19 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
ALMATY, 19 September 2009- Following a meeting today with Kazakh human rights defender Yevgeny Zhovtis, Douglas Wake of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights stressed the importance of fair trial standards in Zhovtis' appeal...

OSCE Centre supports 'train the trainers' course on combating and preventing human trafficking in Turkmenistan

Publishing date: 18 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
ASHGABAT, 18 September 2009- Twenty-five volunteers and staff of the National Red Crescent Society of Turkmenistan from around the country completed an OSCE Centre-supported "train the trainers" course in Ashgabat today on human trafficking...

OSCE Centre co-hosts high-level roundtable discussion on prosecutorial reforms

Publishing date: 18 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Rule of law
ASTANA, 18 September 2009- A high-level roundtable discussion on reforms to the role of Kazakhstan's Office of the Prosecutor General in civil and commercial proceedings took place in Astana today...

OSCE Centre trains Kyrgyz journalists in environmental reporting

Publishing date: 18 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Environmental activities
KARAKOL, Kyrgyzstan, 18 September 2009- A two-day OSCE Centre-supported training course to help journalists improve their coverage of environmental topics began in Karakol in northeastern Kyrgyzstan today...