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OSCE Media Representative concerned over size of libel case fine in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 22 July 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 22 July 2004- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, is concerned about the high level of a fine imposed on the Kazakh weekly newspaper Assandi-Times, and has raised the case with Kasymzhomart Tokayev...

OSCE Permanent Council condemns action against schools in Moldova's Transdniestria region

Publishing date: 22 July 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues
VIENNA, 22 July 2004- The OSCE Permanent Council today condemned as "irresponsible and provocative" actions by the authorities in Moldova's Transdniestria region to prevent schools which use Latin script from functioning properly. Ambassadors from 55...

OSCE Chairmanship urges Transdniestrian authorities to restore Moldovan schools

Publishing date: 22 July 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues
CHISINAU, 22 July 2004- Petko Draganov, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria, urged the Transdniestrian authorities today on behalf of the OSCE Chairmanship to reverse their actions taken against the schools in Tiraspol, Bender and Ribnita...

OSCE and Kyrgyzstan join efforts in developing OSCE Academy in Bishkek

Publishing date: 22 July 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution
BISHKEK, 22 July 2004- An agreement that gives a pioneering institute in Central Asia, the OSCE Academy in Bishkek, a formal legal status was signed today in the Kyrgyz capital by Prime Minister Nikolai Tanaev and Head of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek...

OSCE Office: A professional and impartial media is driving force for democracy in Azerbaijan

Publishing date: 22 July 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Media freedom and development
BAKU, 22 July 2004- "A free, responsible and pluralistic press is vitally important for Azerbaijan's democratic future," the OSCE Office in Baku said today on the occasion of the country's National Press Day. "This event is an opportunity for all of...

Dushanbe roundtable marks seventh anniversary of end of civil war

Publishing date: 22 July 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections, Media freedom and development
DUSHANBE, 22 July 2004- Strengthening national unity through the development of a multi-party system, civil society, elections and media freedom were the focus of a roundtable held yesterday in the Tajik capital to mark the end in 1997 of the bitter...

OSCE High Commissioner urges implementation of education reform in Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 21 July 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues
THE HAGUE, 22 July 2004- President Askar Akaev of Kyrgyzstan has welcomed a new report on minorities and education in the country, saying that it would "open up a new phase in the ethnic policy of Kyrgyzstan." A Working Group on Integration through...