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EU supports the OSCE's work on elections, Kosovo, Slovene Foreign Minister says
Publishing date: 24 January 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
VIENNA, 24 January 2008- The European Union fully supports the work of the OSCE, and calls on the participating States to enable the Organization to continue its efforts in Kosovo and its election monitoring activities, Slovene Foreign Minister...
OSCE Office in Baku inaugurates new academic year and curriculum at police school
Publishing date: 16 January 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Education, Policing, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
BAKU, 16 January 2008- The OSCE Office in Baku and the Interior Ministry of Azerbaijan today celebrated the beginning of the new academic year and the launch of a new curriculum at the Baku Police School...
Chairman-in-Office meets Ukrainian President for talks on OSCE and regional matters
Publishing date: 16 January 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Economic activities, Border management, Rule of law
KYIV, 16 January 2008- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva, met Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko today and congratulated Ukraine on its progress pursuing political reforms and consolidating its democratic system...
OSCE Mission presents publications to support judicial reform and legislative process in Georgia
Publishing date: 19 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Rule of law
TBILISI, 19 December 2007.- The OSCE Mission to Georgia is supporting judicial reform and the legislative process in the country with two new publications aimed at legal professionals. A two-volume work on the constitutions of foreign countries was...
OSCE officials visit water supply projects in Georgia's conflict zone
Publishing date: 14 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
TSKHINVALI, Georgia, 14 December 2007- The OSCE Head of the Mission to Georgia, Ambassador Terhi Hakala, and the British Ambassador to Georgia, Denis Keefe, today visited several completed OSCE water supply projects that provide safe drinking water...
OSCE Office launches film festival to commemorate International Human Rights Day
Publishing date: 3 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
MINSK, 3 December 2007- The OSCE Office in Minsk launched today an eight-day film festival under the theme "Dignity, Equality, Justness" that will close on 10 December, International Human Rights Day...
OSCE Mission brings Kosovo and Serbian institutions together to promote solutions to displacement
Publishing date: 28 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
PRISTINA, 28 November 2007- Money must be made available to the Kosovo Property Agency so that it can carry out property restitution, the legal and institutional framework must be updated to accommodate the needs of displaced persons...