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OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe trains border, customs and law enforcement officials to combat corruption
Publishing date: 2 May 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Border management
DUSHANBE, 2 May 2013 – Two anti-corruption training courses for representatives of border, customs, and law enforcement agencies completed at the OSCE Border Management Staff College (BMSC) in Dushanbe today...
Model OSCE Conference participants in Armenia discuss migration
Publishing date: 2 May 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
YEREVAN, 2 May 2013 – Some 60 young people from Armenia gathered today in Yerevan in a simulation of the OSCE core decision-making body – the Permanent Council...
OSCE Media Freedom Representative on journalists’ safety ahead of World Press Freedom Day
Publishing date: 2 May 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development
“On 3 May we are marking the 20th World Press Freedom Day and once again the theme is journalists’ safety. The threats, intimidation, harassment and physical violence has to stop. We – journalists, media outlets, governments, NGOs and international organizations – have to act together to stop this worrying trend. And we have to act now, because an attack on a single journalist is an attack on the whole society.”- Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media.
Journalists must work in safety reminds OSCE Chairperson on World Press Freedom Day
Publishing date: 2 May 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Media freedom and development
KYIV, 2 May 2013 – Ahead of World Press Freedom Day, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara stressed the importance of the OSCE participating States’ commitment to freedom of the media and their duty to respect and uphold the right to freedom of expression...
OSCE condemns attack on Kosovo public broadcaster editor in chief
Publishing date: 1 May 2013
Content type: Press release
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, SAN JOSÉ, 1 May 2013 – Ambassador Jean-Claude Schlumberger, the head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, and Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE media freedom representative, condemned today the attack on Mufail Limani, the editor in chief of the public broadcaster, Radio Television of Kosovo (RTK)...
Ahead of World Press Freedom Day, OSCE Kosovo Mission Head says journalists must be protected
Publishing date: 30 April 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Media freedom and development
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 30 April 2013 – Ambassador Jean Claude Schlumberger, the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, made the following statement today ahead of the World Press Freedom Day marked on 3 May...
OSCE Mission to Moldova opens Aarhus Centre in Chisinau to promote public access to environmental information
Publishing date: 30 April 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Environmental activities