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OSCE holds workshop to help Uzbekistan improve travel document security
Publishing date: 2 March 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Countering terrorism, Rule of law
TASHKENT, 2 March 2007- More than 50 experts from the Interior Ministry, the Foreign Ministry, the National Security Service and other institutions discussed how Uzbekistan's travel document security can be improved...
OSCE Mission and UN refugee agency organize meeting to encourage uniform implementation of Croatia's Law on Foreigners
Publishing date: 27 February 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
OPATIJA, 27 February 2007- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Croatia, Ambassador Jorge Fuentes, called today for uniform implementation of the Law on Foreigners to help those who had the status of permanent residing foreigners in Croatia in 1991...
More steps needed to uphold fair trial standards in Kazakhstan, new OSCE report finds
Publishing date: 23 February 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Rule of law
ASTANA, 23 February 2007- An OSCE trial monitoring report released today in Kazakhstan identifies the need for further steps to be taken to uphold fair trial standards in the country, including the right of the public to attend court...
OSCE-organized debates encourage participation in Kosovo's local decision-making
Publishing date: 22 February 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Rule of law
PRISTINA, 22 February 2007- Good governance, transparency and accountability at the local level were the topics at a debate today in the village of Besni/Besinje held at a meeting organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo...
Moldova's broadcasting reforms cause for concern, OSCE Mission Head says
Publishing date: 19 February 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Democratization, Media freedom and development, Rule of law
CHISINAU, 19 February 2007- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, Ambassador Louis O'Neill, said today he was very concerned about recent negative developments in Moldova's broadcasting landscape...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports study tour for Border Police Officers to Slovenia
Publishing date: 2 February 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Border management, Policing, Rule of law
SKOPJE, 2 February 2007- Border Police are now better equipped to handle illegal border crossings and organized crime, thanks to skills gained during a two-week training tour to Slovenia supported by the OSCE Mission to Skopje...
OSCE Mission to co-host meeting of war crimes prosecutors from Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia in Belgrade
Publishing date: 2 February 2007
BELGRADE, 2 February 2007- War crimes prosecutors from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Croatia will discuss closer regional co-operation at a meeting in Belgrade on Monday, co-hosted by the OSCE Mission to Serbia and...