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OSCE elections body to assess parliamentary elections in Spain
Publishing date: 26 February 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WARSAW/MADRID, 26 February 2008- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today deployed an Election Assessment Mission to Spain for the parliamentary elections on 9 March 2008...
OSCE Chairman calls for dialogue and co-operation following Armenian elections
Publishing date: 26 February 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
YEREVAN, 26 February 2008- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva, called today on all sides in Armenia to engage in dialogue to resolve the tension that surfaced following the 19 February presidential election...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports external oversight of law enforcement to protect human rights
Publishing date: 26 February 2008
SKOPJE, 26 February 2008- Promoting the implementation of a mechanism for external oversight of law enforcement is the focus of a conference that started in Skopje today.
Border management, economic development focus of OSCE meeting in Dushanbe
Publishing date: 25 February 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution
DUSHANBE, 25 February 2008- Developing a national border strategy and border security and management projects were among some of the topics discussed at an OSCE-Tajikistan Task Force meeting that took place in Dushanbe today...
OSCE condemns attacks on journalists
Publishing date: 25 February 2008
Content type: Press release
What we do: Media freedom and development
BELGRADE, 25 February 2008- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Hans Ola Urstad, criticized today violent attacks aimed at journalists following last week's "Kosovo is Serbia" rally in Belgrade...
OSCE makes donation to Tajik NGO and orphanage
Publishing date: 25 February 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
DUSHANBE, 25 February 2008- The OSCE donated 7,000 euros today to the Tajik NGO Nasli Navras, which works to support disabled children, and a dormitory for orphaned girls run by the State Women's Affairs Committee...
OSCE promotes public discussion on media legislation in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 25 February 2008
Content type: Press release
What we do: Media freedom and development
ASTANA, 25 February 2008- Media legislation reform in Kazakhstan was the topic of a roundtable today organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana and Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media...