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OSCE Mission supports Judges Association of Serbia co-operation with European counterparts

Publishing date: 23 June 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Rule of law
BELGRADE, 23 June 2008- The Judges Association of Serbia, with the support of the OSCE Mission, took part in a meeting of the European Association of Magistrates for Democracy and Freedoms (MEDEL) in Bucharest over the weekend...

OSCE Mission to Skopje supports Summer University in Ohrid

Publishing date: 23 June 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
SKOPJE, 23 June 2008- Non-discrimination, social inclusion and European citizenship are the focus of a one-week course, supported by the OSCE Mission to Skopje, that began today at the Ohrid Summer University...

OSCE Mission to Moldova launches new trial monitoring report

Publishing date: 19 June 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Rule of law
CHISINAU, 19 June 2008- The OSCE Mission to Moldova launched the second report of the OSCE Trial Monitoring Programme for the Republic of Moldova today in Chisinau...

OSCE trains state press officers, journalists in northern Tajikistan to promote public access to information

Publishing date: 19 June 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Media freedom and development
KHUJAND, Tajikistan, 19 June 2008- Fostering effective communication between public bodies and the media is the aim of a two-day OSCE training course that started in Khujand today...

OSCE media freedom representative protests prison sentence handed to publisher of book on Turkish history

Publishing date: 19 June 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media freedom and development, Media pluralism, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 19 June 2008- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today condemned the five-month prison sentence handed down to Turkish publisher Ragip Zarakolu for "insulting the institutions of the Turkish Republic"...

OSCE special representative urges Azerbajiani authorities to co-operate with NGOs to better identify victims of human trafficking

Publishing date: 18 June 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
BAKU, 18 June 2008- The OSCE Special Representative for Combating Human Trafficking, Eva Biaudet, commended Azerbaijan today for passing important anti-trafficking laws, and encouraged authorities to step up co-operation with NGOs to better identify...

OSCE Mission to Skopje supports traffic police with a donation of scooters and bicycles

Publishing date: 18 June 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Policing
SKOPJE, 18 June 2008- The OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje donated scooters, bicycles and additional equipment today to support the work of the Interior Ministry's traffic police...