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OSCE Chairman-in-Office appoints Kimmo Kiljunen Special Envoy for Elections

Publishing date: 26 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Elections
HELSINKI, 26 March 2008- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva, appointed today Kimmo Kiljunen, a Finnish member of parliament, as his Special Envoy on election-related issues...

Deadline for OSCE photo contest expires 1 April

Publishing date: 19 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
VIENNA, 19 March 2008- The deadline for submitting photographs for the 2008 photo contest under the theme "Waterways of life", announced by the Finnish OSCE Chairmanship, will expire 1 April.

OSCE Chairman offers condolences and help over fatal blast at Albanian arms site

Publishing date: 17 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
HELSINKI, 17 March 2008- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva, expressed his condolences to Albania today and offered the Organization's assistance after a series of huge explosions at an arms dump which killed...

Informal meeting on Transdniestran settlement process fruitful, OSCE Chairman's envoy says

Publishing date: 14 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
VIENNA, 14 March 2008- OSCE Chairmanship efforts to restart negotiations on the Transdniestran settlement process have begun with fruitful discussions held during informal consultations, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office's special envoy...

OSCE Chairman's envoy calls on Armenian authorities to lift state of emergency

Publishing date: 13 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
VIENNA, 13 March 2008- Ambassador Heikki Talvitie, the special envoy of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, called today on the Armenian authorities to lift the state of emergency and engage in a dialogue with the opposition to resolve tensions following...

Finnish Chairmanship welcomes 2008 OSCE budget approval

Publishing date: 7 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council
VIENNA, 7 March 2008- The Finnish Chairmanship welcomed today's decision, reached at a special meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council, to approve the Unified Budget for 2008, amounting to 164,168,200 euro...

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...