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Tajik journalists celebrate Press Freedom Day with OSCE Centre in Dushanbe

Publishing date: 5 May 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Media freedom and development
DUSHANBE, 5 May 2003- Some five hundred journalists from across Tajikistan gathered to celebrate World Press Freedom Day at a special event in Dushanbe on Saturday. The winners of a competition on how democratic and socio-economic reforms for...

Media freedom deteriorates in some OSCE States, says OSCE media watchdog

Publishing date: 2 May 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Human rights, Media freedom and development, Media pluralism, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 2 May 2003- The general state of the media in OSCE participating States and the safety of journalists working in hostile environments will be two themes on which the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, will focus...

OSCE Centre in Ashgabad contributes to first roundtable in Turkmenistan on legal ethics

Publishing date: 2 May 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
ASHGABAD, 2 May 2003- The OSCE Centre in Ashgabad contributed to a roundtable held in the Turkmen capital, Ashgabad, today, entitled "Legal Ethics for Legal Advisers". The event, the first at which this issue was discussed in Turkmenistan, was...

Five Ambassadors to OSCE start Central Asian tour in Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 2 May 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development, Policing
BISHKEK, 2 May 2003- A delegation of five Ambassadors to the OSCE finished a three-day visit to Kyrgyzstan today, their first stop on a tour of three Central Asian states. The Heads of the permanent delegations of Bulgaria, France, Ireland...

OSCE Ashgabad roundtable looks at problems of small and medium-sized enterprises

Publishing date: 30 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
ASHGABAD, 30 April 2003- Difficulties faced by the small and medium-sized businesses in Turkmenistan were discussed at an OSCE roundtable in the country's capital, Ashgabad, yesterday. Representatives of government institutions, private...

Fighting terrorism, respect for human rights focus of OSCE meeting in Baku

Publishing date: 30 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Countering terrorism
BAKU, 30 April 2003- An OSCE meeting has opened today in the Azeri capital, Baku, focusing on the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1373, which calls for States to co-operate in the global struggle against terrorism. One of...

OSCE/ODIHR starts observation of parliamentary elections in Armenia

Publishing date: 29 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Elections
YEREVAN, 29 April 2003- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has established an Election Observation Mission to monitor the parliamentary elections in Armenia scheduled for 25 May. The Mission is headed by...