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OSCE Chairman says Kosovo elections help promote democracy; key now to start work soon

Publishing date: 18 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Elections
PRISTINA, 18 November 2007- The elections in Kosovo give its provisional self-government institutions legitimacy and will help promote democracy, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said today.

OSCE Co-ordinator praises Belarus for environmental activities

Publishing date: 16 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities, Good governance
MINSK, 16 November 2007- The Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, Bernard Snoy, praised today the efforts of Belarus within the ENVSEC Initiative, which provides a framework for co-operation on...

ODIHR unable to observe Russian Duma elections

Publishing date: 16 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WARSAW, 16 November 2007- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights has informed the Russian authorities that the Office will be unable to act upon their invitation to observe the 2 December elections to the Russian State Duma...

OSCE Chairman takes note of ODIHR decision not to observe Russian parliamentary elections

Publishing date: 16 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Elections
MADRID, 16 November 2007- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, said today he took note of the decision by the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) to tell...

OSCE Chairman welcomes end to state of emergency in Georgia

Publishing date: 16 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Conflict prevention and resolution, Rule of law
MADRID, 16 November 2007- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, welcomed today the decision by Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili to lift the state of emergency.

OSCE Centre organizes lectures on global financial markets

Publishing date: 16 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Economic activities
ASHGABAD, 16 November 2007- More than 150 students, professors and young professionals from Turkmenistan's financial agencies are attending lectures on global financial markets and international finance in Ashgabad, organized by the OSCE Centre...

OSCE Centre enhances professionalism of Kazakhstan's border guards

Publishing date: 16 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Border management
KORDAI, Kazakhstan,16 November 2007- Facilitating legal and controlled border crossings through better border management was the aim of a five-day workshop for Kazakh officials organized by the OSCE Centre that ended today...