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UNMIK downsizing gives OSCE opportunity for larger role in Kosovo, UNMIK head says
Publishing date: 4 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council
VIENNA, 4 September 2008- The reconfiguration of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) offers the OSCE an opportunity to make an even more concrete impact in Kosovo, UNMIK head Lamberto Zannier told the OSCE Permanent...
OSCE Office-supported conference results in proposals for improvements of licensing of broadcast media in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 4 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Media freedom and development
DUSHANBE, 4 September 2008- A conference of stakeholders in Tajik TV and radio broadcasting supported by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan has resulted in an open letter released today that urges the President and Parliament to improve the licensing...
OSCE Office organizes summer camp for Armenian children
Publishing date: 27 August 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
KAPAN, Armenia, 27 August 2008- Some 80 disabled and socially disadvantaged children from Armenia's Syunik province are taking part in a summer camp on "Learning to Live Together" in Kapan, the provincial capital...
Presidential election presents opportunity for Azerbaijan, OSCE Special Envoy says
Publishing date: 30 July 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections
BAKU, 30 July 2008- Ambassador Heikki Talvitie, the Special Envoy of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, today welcomed the Azerbaijani authorities' stated determination to create conditions for the upcoming presidential election...
OSCE Mission completes first phase of 'Signs of Hope' photo and documentary initiative in zone of Georgian-Ossetian conflict
Publishing date: 23 July 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
TBILISI, 23 July 2008.- The first phase of a media-development project by the OSCE Mission to Georgia ended today with the completion of a six-day documentary training course for 12 Ossetian journalists in Tskhinvali...
Political impetus needed to achieve progress on confidence-building between Chisinau and Tiraspol, says OSCE Special Envoy
Publishing date: 23 July 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
CHISINAU, 23 July 2008- The OSCE Special Envoy of the Finnish Chairman-in-Office, Ambassador Heikki Talvitie, called on authorities in the Republic of Moldova and Transdniestria today to create and demonstrate political will to resolve the conflict...
OSCE Office supports reform of Armenian Public Service Broadcasting
Publishing date: 18 July 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Economic activities, Media freedom and development
YEREVAN, 18 July 2008- Two experts from the BBC World Service Trust will conclude a one-week visit today aimed at assessing Armenian Public Television's needs for long-term development and training programmes...