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OSCE Centre supports discussion to strengthen Kazakhstan's legal reforms
Publishing date: 6 November 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Democratization, Rule of law
ASTANA, 6 November 2009-Officials from the government and the presidential administration as well as parliamentarians and high-ranking civil servants involved in Kazakhstan's law-making process, policy-making and legal reform discussed Kazakhstan's...
OSCE announces winners of video contest on civil society
Publishing date: 6 November 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
VIENNA, 5 November 2009- The winners of a video contest highlighting civil society in action, launched by the OSCE to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Iron Curtain, were announced at the OSCE Permanent Council today...
OSCE meeting on gender equality begins with calls for increased efforts to combat violence against women
Publishing date: 5 November 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
VIENNA, 5 November 2009- A special OSCE meeting on gender equality started today with participants calling for increased efforts by participating States to prevent violence against women, prosecute perpetrators and provide adequate protection...
Croatia interested in strengthening OSCE, Foreign Minister says
Publishing date: 5 November 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Rule of law
VIENNA, 5 November 2009- Croatia finds the OSCE-anchored dialogue on the future of European security useful and expects it to reinforce the effectiveness of the OSCE, Foreign Minister Gordan Jandrokovic told the Permanent Council today...
OSCE Presence condemns violent attack against Albanian newspaper editor
Publishing date: 3 November 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development, Rule of law
TIRANA, 3 November 2009- The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Robert Bosch, condemned today a violent attack on the editor of the Tema newspaper...
OSCE Centre supports book on anti-corruption mechanisms in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 3 November 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Economic activities, Rule of law
BISHKEK, 3 November 2009- A new OSCE-supported book that describes Kyrgyzstan's legislative and institutional basis for anti-corruption mechanisms was presented in Bishkek today by the NGO Kyrgyz Parliamentarians against Corruption.
Gender equality begins in family, say participants in OSCE-organized meeting in Kosovo
Publishing date: 30 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Economic activities, Human rights, Gender equality, Rule of law
PRISHTINE/PRISTINA, 30 October 2009- Participants in a meeting organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo today called for women's equal right to property and inheritance to be promoted by public information campaigns, better co-operation...