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OSCE Mission awards four individuals in Serbia for contributing to Organization's success
Publishing date: 18 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
BELGRADE, 18 December 2007- A university dean, a judge, a state commissioner and an assistant minister were today presented with the 2007 Person of the Year award by the Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Hans Ola Urstad...
OSCE Mission, Serbian Justice Ministry sign partnership agreement
Publishing date: 18 December 2007
BELGRADE, 18 December 2007- Ambassador Hans Ola Urstad, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, and Serbian Justice Minister, Dusan Petrovic, signed a new partnership agreement today...
First environmentally-friendly playground in Serbia to open in Pancevo with OSCE Mission support
Publishing date: 18 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Environmental activities
BELGRADE, 18 December 2007- Serbia's first environmentally-friendly playground, suitable for children with disabilities, will open tomorrow in the Serbian city of Pancevo...
OSCE Centre organizes training course in Germany for Turkmenistan arms control officers
Publishing date: 18 December 2007
ASHGABAD, 18 December 2007- Six arms control officers from the Turkmenistan Defence Ministry completed a training course in Germany today on implementing the OSCE Vienna Document on Confidence and Security-Building Measures...
Kyrgyz elections fail to meet a number of OSCE commitments in missed opportunity
Publishing date: 17 December 2007
Content type: Press release
What we do: Elections
BISHKEK, 17 December 2007- The 16 December parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan failed to meet a number of OSCE commitments, despite respect for some that underscore existing pluralism, concluded the OSCE Election Observation Mission today...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports improvements of the Electoral Code
Publishing date: 17 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
SKOPJE, 17 December 2007- Amendments to the Electoral Code which would provide an improved institutional and legal framework for a more efficient, free and fair electoral processes were discussed at a conference in Skopje today...
Global media freedom rapporteurs call for less regulation in the digital era, but more care for public service and community broadcasting
Publishing date: 14 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
GENEVA/PRETORIA/VIENNA/WASHINGTON, 14 Dec 2007- Media freedom rapporteurs of the UN, the OSCE, the OAS and the ACHPR issued joint guidelines on the new role and scope of government involvement in safeguarding diversity in the era of digital broadcast...