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OSCE to hold first-ever conference on situation of print media in Kosovo

Publishing date: 17 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Media freedom and development
PRISTINA, 17 October 2006- To raise awareness about the challenges faced by the local press in Kosovo, the OSCE Mission and Kosovo's Press Council will hold a conference on the state of the print media in Pristina tomorrow...

OSCE election observation body begins assessment of presidential elections in Bulgaria

Publishing date: 16 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Elections
WARSAW, 16 October 2006- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights today began an election assessment mission for the 22 October presidential elections in Bulgaria at the invitation of the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry...

Warsaw meeting discusses OSCE/ODIHR guidelines on freedom of assembly

Publishing date: 16 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization
WARSAW, 16 October 2006- An OSCE-organized roundtable discussion of the guidelines on legislation regulating and affecting freedom of assembly took place in Warsaw today. "The guidelines...

OSCE Mission to Skopje organizes discussions across the country on education and decentralization

Publishing date: 14 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Education
SKOPJE, 14 October 2006- Improving rural children's access to education, increasing parents' participation in decision-making and improving relations among stakeholders involved in education...

OSCE parliamentary body president condemns murder of Russian investigative journalist

Publishing date: 10 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Democratization, Media freedom and development
COPENHAGEN, 10 October 2006- The Secretary General of the OSCE's Parliamentary Assembly, Spencer Oliver, attended the funeral of slain Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya today while the Assembly's president, Goran Lennmarker condemned her murder...

OSCE Office in Baku organizes expert discussion of law that decriminalizes defamation

Publishing date: 10 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Rule of law
BAKU, 10 October 2006- Azerbaijan's first draft law on defamation was presented at a roundtable meeting held today by the OSCE Office in Baku. The draft would decriminalize defamation...

OSCE Mission welcomes deployment of domestic observers at constitutional referendum

Publishing date: 9 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Elections
BELGRADE, 9 October 2006- The OSCE Mission to Serbia welcomes the decision of the Republican Electoral Commission to enable domestic observation of the referendum on the new Serbian Constitution scheduled for 28 and 29 October....