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OSCE/ODIHR Director welcomes improved co-operation with Russian authorities

Publishing date: 10 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Elections
MOSCOW, 10 September 2009- Wrapping up a visit to Moscow, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Janez Lenarcic, said today co-operation with the Russian authorities has improved...

OSCE/ODIHR Director to meet with Russian Foreign Minister in Moscow

Publishing date: 9 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Elections
WARSAW, 9 September 2009- Ambassador Janez Lenarcic, the Director of the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), travelled to Moscow today to meet Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and other high Russian officials.

OSCE media freedom representative expresses concern about Lithuanian public information law, welcomes authorities' co-operation on improving it

Publishing date: 4 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Democratization, Media freedom and development, Media laws
VIENNA, 4 September 2009- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, expressed concern today that a recently amended law that aims to protect minors is so vague that it will restrict legitimate media content...

OSCE Office supports townhall meetings to help Tajikistan prepare for 2010 parliamentary elections

Publishing date: 2 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Elections
TAJIKABAD, 2 September 2009- Local government officials, civil society members, representatives of political parties and journalists participated in an OSCE-supported townhall meeting today that was part of preparations aimed to help Tajikistan hold...

Lack of transparency in developing draft amendments to media law threatens media reform, Head of OSCE Mission to Serbia says

Publishing date: 25 August 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development
BELGRADE, 25 August 2009- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Hans Ola Urstad, expressed concern today about the development of draft amendments to the Public Information Law, saying that the repeated use of urgent procedure posed...

OSCE Mission to Skopje fosters inter-community dialogue through municipal cooperation

Publishing date: 18 August 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, National minority issues
SKOPJE, 18 August 2009- The OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje announced today that it had awarded grants to three consortia of multi-ethnic municipalities as part of an initiative to support the units of local self-government...

OSCE Centre organizes course on human rights and safety for Kyrgyz prison security units

Publishing date: 14 August 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Policing
BISHKEK, 14 August, 2009- An OSCE-supported human rights and safety course for security units in the Kyrgyz prison system ends tomorrow...