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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports citizen-police initiative to raise ecology awareness among students
Publishing date: 10 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Environmental activities
SKOPJE, 10 October 2008- Some 70 students, teachers and parents from the technical high school in Kumanovo took part in an event today to clear rubbish from the school compound, previously used for waste disposal...
OSCE supports international scientific conference on power engineering held in southern Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 10 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Economic activities
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 10 October 2008- Challenges and solutions in the field of energy and power engineering are on the agenda of an international conference held by the OSCE field office and the Kyrgyz-Uzbek University in Osh today...
OSCE brings together experts from Central, Eastern Europe to discuss border crossings
Publishing date: 9 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
What we do: Economic activities, Border management
MINSK, 9 October 2008- Evaluating the performance of border crossings in Central and Eastern Europe and best practices in the field were the focus of an OSCE-organized meeting that ended in Minsk today...
OSCE Office urges Tajikistan to decriminalize defamation and libel laws
Publishing date: 9 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Media freedom and development, Rule of law
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan, 9 October 2008- The OSCE Office in Tajikistan co-organized a meeting starting today that called for the decriminalization and libel...
OSCE supports introduction of rule of law course to law curriculum at Ukrainian universities
Publishing date: 9 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Education
KYIV, 9 October, 2008- Ways to improve the legal education system in Ukraine will be discussed at a conference, co-organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, that opened in Kyiv today...
OSCE Chairman welcomes Russian withdrawal as an important step
Publishing date: 9 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
HELSINKI, 9 October 2008- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, welcomed reports from the OSCE's military monitors in Georgia that Russian troops had withdrawn posts that they had set up near South Ossetia...
OSCE Office in Tajikistan supports expert conference on water management in Central Asia
Publishing date: 9 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Environmental activities
DUSHANBE, 9 October 2008- Improving water management in Central Asia is the focus of an expert conference organized today in Dushanbe by the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IFAS), with the support of the OSCE Office in Tajikistan...