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OSCE Mission to Moldova welcomes release of Alexandru Coliban from Transdniestrian prison

Publishing date: 28 June 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Media freedom and development
CHISINAU, 28 June 2013 – The Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, Ambassador Jennifer Brush, welcomed today’s news that Alexandru Coliban has been released from a Transdniestrian prison...

Members begin arriving in Istanbul

Publishing date: 28 June 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
ISTANBUL, 28 June 2013 – The stage is set at Istanbul's Lutfi Kirdar International Convention and Exhibition Center and parliamentarians and staff are starting to arrive for the 22nd Annual Session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly.

More than 400 tons of toxic rocket fuel removed from Kazakhstan, with OSCE help

Publishing date: 28 June 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Conflict prevention and resolution
SARY OZEK, KAZAKHSTAN, 29 June 2013- A train carrying 410 tonnes of a toxic rocket fuel component, which had been stored in deteriorating containers, left Kazakhstan today for safe disposal at a specialized chemical plant in Dzerzhinsk, Russia as part of a project supported by the OSCE...

Kyrgyzstan makes progress on media freedom says OSCE media freedom representative

Publishing date: 28 June 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Digital switchover, Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media self-regulation, Safety of journalists
BISHKEK, 28 June 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today commended Kyrgyzstan for creating a favourable media environment in the country...

Annual session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly session to open in Istanbul

Publishing date: 28 June 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
More than 260 parliamentarians from across the OSCE's 57 countries will participate in the 22nd Annual Session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly in Istanbul, Turkey from 29 June to 3 July 2013...

ODIHR expert panel assesses restrictions on peaceful assembly in OSCE States

Publishing date: 28 June 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
The authorities of many OSCE participating States still tend to regard assemblies as a threat to public order and safety, rather than the exercise of a fundamental right, an expert panel concluded at the end of a two-day meeting in Warsaw on 27 June 2013...

OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities visits Serbia, discusses enhancing minority participation

Publishing date: 28 June 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: National minority issues
The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Knut Vollebaek, visited Serbia from 12 to 14 June 2013 to discuss national minority issues with representatives of central and local government and community leaders...