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OSCE Centre in Bishkek holds conference on transparent and effective budgeting
Publishing date: 25 December 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Economic activities
BISHKEK, 25 December, 2008- The OSCE Centre in Bishkek hosted a conference in Karokol today to discuss transparency in budgeting and the role of civil society and public hearings in drafting local budgets...
OSCE Centre supports work of Kyrgyz media complaints committee
Publishing date: 24 December 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Media freedom and development
BISHKEK, 24 December 2008- Out-of-court settlements of media-related conflicts were discussed by a Media Complaints Committee in Bishkek today. The roundtable meeting was supported by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports report on human trafficking trials
Publishing date: 23 December 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
SKOPJE, 23 December 2008- A report, supported by the OSCE Spillover Mission to Skopje, with findings and recommendations based on monitoring of trials related to human trafficking for the period of 2005-2008 was presented today in Skopje...
OSCE Presence calls on Albanian government to ensure lustration law meets international standards
Publishing date: 23 December 2008
TIRANA, 23 December 2008- Alex Finnen, the Deputy Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, issued the following statement today...
OSCE Office in Yerevan supports anti-corruption campaign in high schools
Publishing date: 23 December 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Education, Rule of law
YEREVAN, 23 December 2008- High school students from eight schools in Yerevan and the Kotayk region learned about fighting corruption during an OSCE-supported pilot course that ended with a closing ceremony today...
OSCE Centre supports English, IT lessons for Turkmenistan research institutions
Publishing date: 23 December 2008
ASHGABAD, 23 December 2008- Fifty-five employees of research, educational and medical institutions in Turkmenistan received certificates today for completing English-language training supported by the OSCE Centre in Ashgabad...
OSCE Chairman regrets disagreement on OSCE future in Georgia
Publishing date: 22 December 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
HELSINKI, 22 December 2008- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, said today he deeply regretted that the 56 OSCE participating States had failed to reach consensus on the future of the OSCE Mission to Georgia.