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OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media urges Italian Senate to drop law proposals restricting free flow of information.

Publishing date: 24 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Democratization, Media freedom and development, Media freedom on the internet, Media laws
VIENNA, 24 June 2009- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media asked the Italian legislature today to drop two planned legal provisions that would restrict freedom on the Internet and reporting on court cases...

OSCE Mission to Skopje supports training course to help border police combat car smuggling

Publishing date: 24 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Border management, Policing, Rule of law
SKOPJE, 24 June 2009- An OSCE-supported training course that started in Skopje today aims to help Border Police and other police units improve their capacity to detect car smuggling...

Collective response urgently needed to address indivisible security, Russian Foreign Minister tells OSCE states

Publishing date: 23 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation, Permanent Council
What we do: Arms control, Conflict prevention and resolution, Countering terrorism
VIENNA, 23 June 2009- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called on OSCE States to address the future of Euro-Atlantic security and elaborated on Russian proposals for a legally-binding treaty at the start of the Annual Security Review Conference...

Greek OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova conduct seminar on confidence- and security-building measures

Publishing date: 22 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
MAUERBACH, Austria, 22 June 2009- The Greek OSCE Chairmanship and the OSCE Mission to Moldova held a seminar on Confidence- and Security-Building Measures in Moldova on 21-22 June in Mauerbach, Austria, with the participation...

OSCE Centre teaches business skills to women and young people in Kyrgyz town of Min-Kush

Publishing date: 22 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
MIN KUSH, Kyrgyzstan, 22 June 2009- A week-long training course supported by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek to teach entrepreneurial skills and business planning to residents in the former uranium mining town of Min-Kish started today...

OSCE Centre supports anti-corruption conference in Almaty

Publishing date: 22 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Economic activities
ALMATY, 22 June 2009- A conference on anti-corruption initiatives in Kazakhstan and international experience began in Almaty today...

OSCE Office in Minsk assists Belarus in conducting trans-boundary environmental impact assessment

Publishing date: 22 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
What we do: Environmental activities
MINSK, 22 June 2009- A seminar on conducting trans-boundary impact assessments focusing on the Neman River, organized by the OSCE Office in Minsk and Belarus's Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection, opened in Minsk today...