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OSCE, partners help Turkmenistan fight money laundering, financing of terrorism

Publishing date: 5 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities, Good governance, Countering terrorism
ASHGABAD, 5 March 2008- Supporting the efforts of Turkmenistan to fight money laundering and the financing of terrorism was the aim of a workshop that ended in Ashgabad today...

OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities to answer questions from the public

Publishing date: 5 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: National minority issues
THE HAGUE, 5 March 2008- The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Knut Vollebaek, launched today a new website feature, "Ask the High Commissioner," aimed at explaining the work of the office...

Kosovo municipalities making progress in establishing new structures, says OSCE Mission report

Publishing date: 5 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
PRISHTINE/PRISTINA, 5 March 2008- New municipal legislation must be implemented quickly and thoroughly so that municipal bodies can start their work and local governance reform can progress, according to a new OSCE Mission report released today...

OSCE Chairman expresses concern over cease-fire violation in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and recent casualties; calls for restraint

Publishing date: 5 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Democratization, Conflict prevention and resolution, Rule of law
HELSINKI, 5 March 2008- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva, expressed serious concern today about military activity on the Line of Contact in the conflict...

OSCE Mission helps ethnic minorities integrate into Georgian civil society

Publishing date: 5 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: National minority issues
TBILISI, 5 March 2008- Seventy three people from ethnic minorities in Georgia's Kvemo Kartli region are improving their Georgian language skills as part of an OSCE-sponsored project aimed at integrating ethnic minorities into civil society...

OSCE elections body report recommends improvements ahead of Georgia parliamentary polls

Publishing date: 4 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Elections, Media freedom and development
WARSAW, 4 March 2008- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) recommends improvements in the legal framework, the election administration, voter registration, campaigning and the media situation...

OSCE Special Envoy calls for political dialogue to defuse crisis in Armenia

Publishing date: 4 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Democratization, Conflict prevention and resolution, Rule of law
YEREVAN, 4 March 2008- Ambassador Heikki Talvitie, the Special Envoy of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, called today on Armenia's authorities to lift the state of emergency as soon as possible and to encourage political dialogue...