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OSCE Mission to Serbia, Canadian Embassy donate legal reference books to Constitutional Court library

Publishing date: 25 January 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Rule of law
BELGRADE, 25 January 2010- A donation of legal reference books for the Constitutional Court of Serbia's library was handed over today by the OSCE Deputy Head of Mission, Thomas Moore, and Ambassador John Morrison of Canada...

OSCE Mission supports workshop for Serbian police officers on police training systems in Slovenia and Hungary

Publishing date: 22 January 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Human rights, Education, Policing, Rule of law
BELGRADE, 22 January 2010- Twenty senior officials from the Serbian Interior Ministry participated in an OSCE-supported workshop on police training systems in Hungary and Slovenia that ended in Belgrade today...

OSCE media freedom watchdog welcomes France's new law allowing journalists to protect confidential sources

Publishing date: 14 January 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development, Media laws, Rule of law, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 14 January 2010- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, welcomed today a new French law that strengthens the protection for journalists who keep the identity of their sources confidential even in courts of law...

OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities issues statement on Slovakia's language law

Publishing date: 4 January 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
THE HAGUE, 4 January 2010- The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Knut Vollebaek, issued the following statement today: "The Government of Slovakia has adopted the Principles for the Implementation of the amended State Language Act..."

OSCE Office launches guide for SMEs on simplified tax policies in Armenia

Publishing date: 23 December 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Economic activities, Rule of law
YEREVAN, 23 December 2009- An updated version of a guide on Armenian tax policies for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), supported by the OSCE Office in Yerevan, was launched in Yerevan today...

OSCE Office in Yerevan supports educational and recreational activities for juveniles at Abovyan pre-trial detention centre

Publishing date: 22 December 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Education, Rule of law
ABOVYAN, Armenia 22 December 2009- The OSCE Office in Yerevan donated educational and recreational resources for the juvenile pre-trial detention centre in Abovyan today...

OSCE Centre facilitates discussion on simplification of pre-trial criminal procedures in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 22 December 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
ASTANA, 22 December 2009- A recently adopted law that aims to simplify preliminary criminal investigation procedures in Kazakhstan was in focus at an OSCE-supported roundtable discussion that was held in Astana today.