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OSCE Mission encourages students in Struga to strengthen ethnic dialogue

Publishing date: 9 May 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: National minority issues
SKOPJE, 9 May 2008- Ethnic Macedonian and Albanian high school students are discussing ways young people can contribute to the social development of the country and its integration into the EU at a public debate in Struga today...

OSCE Mission to Skopje supports police training on Roma history and culture

Publishing date: 9 May 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Policing, Roma and Sinti
SKOPJE, 9 May 2008- Teaching non-ethnic Roma police officers about Roma history and culture to help them overcome prejudices and stereotypes, with the aim of raising the quality of the police service in ethnic Roma areas, is the focus of a workshop...

OSCE media freedom representative asks new Russian President to address media freedom challenges

Publishing date: 7 May 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 laws, Media pluralism, Media self-regulation, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 7 May 2008- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, congratulated Dmitry Medvedev on assuming the Russian Presidency today, and asked him to undertake measures to improve the media freedom situation in his country...

OSCE Centre supports parliamentary development in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 6 May 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Democratization
ASTANA, 6 May 2008- Parliamentary development in Kazakhstan was the topic of a roundtable meeting organized today by the OSCE Centre in Astana jointly with the Public Foundation for Parliamentary Development in Kazakhstan...

OSCE Centre promotes transparency in police activities in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 6 May 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Policing
KOSTANAY, Kazakhstan, 6 May 2008- Improving interaction between the media and police agencies at the regional level was the topic of a roundtable discussion held today in Kostanay in northern Kazakhstan...

Ahead of World Press Freedom Day, OSCE official calls on governments to lift restrictions, protect journalists from violence

Publishing date: 2 May 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 2 May 2008- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, called on the OSCE participating States today to protect press freedom by curbing violence against journalists and abolishing undue restrictions on free speech...

OSCE, Council of Europe, European Commission present assistance plans for Azerbaijan election

Publishing date: 30 April 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Partnerships, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Elections
BAKU, 30 April 2008- Representatives of the Council of Europe, the European Commission and the OSCE presented plans today for assisting the Republic of Azerbaijan in preparing for the 15 October presidential election...