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OSCE Office supports discussion to improve Armenia's legal framework for freedom of religion or belief

Publishing date: 17 February 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Rule of law
YEREVAN, 17 February 2011 – The OSCE Office in Yerevan supported a roundtable discussion today to review legal opinions prepared by the Venice Commission and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) aimed at helping to improve Armenia's legislative framework for freedom of religion or belief...

OSCE Presence, EU finalize project on modernizing Albania’s civil registry and address system

Publishing date: 17 February 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Rule of law
TIRANA, 17 February 2011 – The concrete results of a four-year project to modernize administrative addresses and civil registration systems in Albania were presented today at an event organized by the OSCE Presence in Albania, the Delegation of the European Union and the Interior Ministry...

Head of OSCE Presence in Albania calls on political parties to support preparations for 8 May local elections

Publishing date: 14 February 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Democratization, Elections
TIRANA, 14 February 2011- The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth, today joined the Albanian President in calling all political parties to support the necessary preparations of local government elections on 8 May 2011...

OSCE active in case of sentenced Transdniestrian, Chairperson says

Publishing date: 10 February 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Rule of law
CHISINAU, 10 February 2011- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, said today that the Chairmanship is working and will continue to work actively in close co-operation with the OSCE Mission to Moldova through diplomatic channels on the case of Ilya Kazak, sentenced yesterday in Transdniestria on treason charges– and the related case of Ernest Vardanyan...

OSCE Chairperson visits Moldova, calls for official negotiations on Transdniestria

Publishing date: 8 February 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution
CHISINAU, 8 February 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, said during a visit to Moldova that began today that he hopes that official negotiations in the "5+2" format can resume this year...

OSCE Chairperson welcomes Kazakhstan President’s decision not to hold referendum on extending presidential term

Publishing date: 31 January 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Democratization, Good governance, Rule of law
VILNIUS, 31 January 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, welcomed today's decision by the President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, not to hold a referendum on extending his term of office...

OSCE-supported conference on local self-governance in Kyrgyzstan highlights importance of complementing political decentralization with fiscal restructuring

Publishing date: 28 January 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Good governance
BISHKEK, 28 January 2011 – The need to complement political decentralization with fiscal decentralization was highlighted at an OSCE-supported conference on local self-governance in Kyrgyzstan today...