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OSCE Centre organizes study visit for Turkmenistan parliamentarians

Publishing date: 6 July 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Democratization
ASHGABAT, 6 July 2009- Five members of Turkmenistan's Mejlis (Parliament) started a study visit today to the parliaments of Slovenia and Austria...

OSCE Chairperson urges Armenia to continue reforms, build on progress towards peaceful settlement

Publishing date: 3 July 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Democratization
YEREVAN, 3 July 2009- The OSCE Chairperson, Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis, urged Armenia to build on the positive momentum achieved in the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement process and underlined the importance of ongoing democratic reforms...

OSCE Centre organizes workshop to encourage public participation in environmental decision-making

Publishing date: 2 July 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Democratization, Economic activities, Environmental activities, Good governance
URALSK, 2 July 2009-A workshop organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana that concluded today in Uralsk in western Kazakhstan aimed to develop co-operation and foster trust in the field of environmental decision-making among regional authorities...

OSCE media freedom representative urges Kazakh President to veto new Internet law

Publishing date: 25 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Democratization, Media freedom and development, Media freedom on the internet, Media laws
VIENNA, 25 June 2009- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, criticised as restrictive today amendments to the country's communication law, adopted on 24 June by the Kazakh Parliament, and called on President...

OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media urges Italian Senate to drop law proposals restricting free flow of information.

Publishing date: 24 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Democratization, Media freedom and development, Media freedom on the internet, Media laws
VIENNA, 24 June 2009- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media asked the Italian legislature today to drop two planned legal provisions that would restrict freedom on the Internet and reporting on court cases...

OSCE Mission to Skopje supports training course to help border police combat car smuggling

Publishing date: 24 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Border management, Policing, Rule of law
SKOPJE, 24 June 2009- An OSCE-supported training course that started in Skopje today aims to help Border Police and other police units improve their capacity to detect car smuggling...

OSCE holds media self-regulation seminar for Mediterranean Partner States

Publishing date: 19 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development, Media self-regulation
VIENNA, 19 June 2009- Journalists, editors and experts from the OSCE Mediterranean Partner States and OSCE participating States gathered today to discuss the merits, mechanisms and challenges of media self-regulation...