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OSCE Centre workshop helps Kyrgyz authorities learn about good practices in ID processing
Publishing date: 4 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Education, Policing, Rule of law
BISHKEK, 4 September 2008- Effective and secure processing, issuing and verification of identification- and travel-documents was the focus of a three-day OSCE workshop that ended today in Bishkek...
OSCE Office-supported conference results in proposals for improvements of licensing of broadcast media in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 4 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Media freedom and development
DUSHANBE, 4 September 2008- A conference of stakeholders in Tajik TV and radio broadcasting supported by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan has resulted in an open letter released today that urges the President and Parliament to improve the licensing...
OSCE Office presents press vests to Azerbaijani journalists
Publishing date: 3 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development
BAKU, 3 September 2008- Two hundred vests that will clearly identify journalists during public events and demonstrations were presented to members of the Azerbaijani press corps by the OSCE Office in Baku today...
OSCE media freedom representative protests against killing during police custody of web publisher in Russia's Ingushetia region
Publishing date: 2 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 2 September 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, today called outrageous the killing of Magomed Evloyev, the publisher of the independent news website Ingushetiya.ru, who was shot in police custody...
OSCE Mission supports relocation of Gazela Roma settlement
Publishing date: 1 September 2008
BELGRADE, 1 September 2008- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia said today he supported the efforts of the authorities of the City of Belgrade to identify alternative accommodation for families of the Roma settlement under the Gazela bridge...
ODIHR, Bosnia and Herzegovina sign agreement on combating hate crime
Publishing date: 1 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
SARAJEVO, 1 September 2008- The OSCE's human-rights body, the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, signed a memorandum of agreement today with Bosnia and Herzegovina's Ministry of Security...
OSCE Mission to Serbia encourages more active youth participation
Publishing date: 29 August 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
NOVI PAZAR, Serbia, 29 August 2008- Encouraging more active youth participation in community life is the aim of the OSCE-supported "Key" rock music festival taking place in Novi Pazar on Saturday and Sunday...