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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre organizes study visit for Turkmenistan's customs officials
Publishing date: 27 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Democratization, Border management, Education, Rule of law
ASHGABAD, 27 June 2007- Three members of Turkmenistan's customs service have just completed a one-week study tour to customs training facilities in Muenster and Plessow in Germany...
Fighting discrimination is central to democratic developments in Kosovo, say OSCE Mission and Kosovo Government
Publishing date: 26 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
PRISTINA, 26 June 2007- Fully enforcing the Anti-Discrimination Law would help integrate all members of society and aid reconciliation in Kosovo, according to a joint booklet compiled by the OSCE Mission and Kosovo's Provisional Institutions...
OSCE Centre in Dushanbe holds meeting to strengthen anti-corruption efforts
Publishing date: 23 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Education, Rule of law
DUSHANBE, 23 June 2007- How to strengthen Tajikistan's efforts to combat and prevent corruption was the focus of a meeting organized by the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe today...
OSCE Office presents books on purchase law and property rights
Publishing date: 20 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
BAKU, 20 June 2007- The OSCE Office in Baku launched two books targeting Azerbaijani legal practitioners and students today...
OSCE supports further reform of criminal legislation in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 15 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Rule of law
SHUCHINSK, Kazakhstan, 15 June 2007- The state of the Kazakh criminal legislation and ways to improve it was the focus of a conference that ends here today...
Kosovo needs functioning legal aid system, says OSCE Mission report
Publishing date: 8 June 2007
PRISTINA, 8 June 2007- Kosovo does not have a functioning legal aid system for civil cases, posing challenges to free and effective legal representation, concludes a new report from the OSCE Mission in Kosovo.
OSCE Chairman welcomes arrest of war crimes indictee Zdravko Tolimir
Publishing date: 2 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Rule of law
MADRID, 2 June 2007- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, said today he welcomed the arrest of war crimes indictee Zdravko Tolimir yesterday on the Bosnian-Serbian border.