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Balanced approach to legislation contributes to stable inter-ethnic situation; sustained commitment important, says OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities on visit to Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 4 July 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: National minority issues
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Astrid Thors noted the stable inter-ethnic situation in Kazakhstan during her first visit to the country from 23 to 27 June 2014, and commended the authorities for taking a balanced approach to laws and policies in potentially sensitive areas, such as language...

OSCE and Marshall Center co-organize workshop in Dushanbe on promoting regional approach to transnational challenges in Central Asia

Publishing date: 4 July 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Border management
DUSHANBE, 4 July 2014 – A week-long workshop on enhancing border security and countering illicit trafficking for representatives of national border and drug control agencies of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and staff of the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, ended today at the OSCE Border Management

OSCE Presence in Albania, ODIHR train foreign ministry staff, election commission members and civil society on short-term election observation

Publishing date: 4 July 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
Staff from the Albanian Foreign Ministry, Central Election Commission and civil society on 4 July 2014 completed a three-day training course in Tirana on short-term election observation. The course was jointly organized by the OSCE Presence in Albania and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)...

Tajik border guard officers complete OSCE patrol leadership course

Publishing date: 4 July 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Border management
DUSHANBE, 4 July 2014 – Twenty-one Tajik border guard officers from detachments at the Tajik-Afghan border completed today a five-week training course on patrolling and leadership...

OSCE media freedom representative condemns attack on editor in Serbia

Publishing date: 3 July 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 3 July 2014- OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today condemned yesterday’s brutal attack on the editor of FoNet news agency, Davor Pašalić.

OSCE Secretary General congratulates new OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva

Publishing date: 3 July 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
VIENNA, 3 July 2014 – OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier today congratulated Ilkka Kanerva of Finland on his election as President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA)...

Freedom of expression, opinion must be improved across OSCE region, conference participants say

Publishing date: 3 July 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media freedom and development, Media laws
VIENNA, 3 July 2014 – Freedom of expression is a cornerstone of democracy and must be ensured and strengthened in the OSCE region, participants said today at the opening of a two-day OSCE human rights meeting in Vienna...