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OSCE Mission to Skopje calls for improving situation of Roma

Publishing date: 8 April 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Roma and Sinti
SKOPJE, 8 April 2011 – The OSCE Mission to Skopje today marked International Roma Day by urging institutions to improve the situation of Roma in the country by implementing the recommendations contained in the OSCE Action Plan for Improving the Situation of Roma and Sinti in the OSCE Area...

Head of OSCE Presence, Dutch Ambassador visit Assembly to mark milestone in parliamentary support project

Publishing date: 8 April 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Good governance
The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth, and the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Henk van den Dool, visited the Albanian Assembly on 5 April 2011. They were received by Speaker Jozefina Topalli to mark the conclusion of the Dutch funded phases (2002-2010) of a parliamentary support project implemented by the Presence...

Head of OSCE Presence in Albania urges Roma to exercise their right to vote on 8 May

Publishing date: 8 April 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Roma and Sinti
TIRANA, 7 April 2011- Speaking on the occasion of International Roma Day, the Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth, today called on all members of the Roma community to exercise their democratic right to vote in the local government elections, scheduled for 8 May...

OSCE Presence, United Kingdom urge for increased support to people with disabilities in Albania

Publishing date: 7 April 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Human rights, Tolerance and non-discrimination
TIRANA, 7 April 2011 – Promoting the rights of disabled people by strengthening the capacities of the Albanian National Council of People with Disabilities (ANCPD) and relevant civil society organizations was the focus of a roundtable discussion organized today in Tirana by the OSCE Presence and the British Council Albania...

Experts discuss security community, partnerships for change at OSCE Talks Vilnius seminar

Publishing date: 6 April 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
Leading researchers, students and OSCE representatives met at the Institute of International Relations and Political Science at Vilnius University on 5 April 2011 to discuss Euro-Atlantic security and multi-track diplomacy.

The criminal justice response to trafficking should be more effective, says OSCE Special Representative

Publishing date: 6 April 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
Criminal justice response practices require significant change to strengthen anti-trafficking action, the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, said during an international training seminar focusing on penal law, migration, trafficking and international co-operation, in Rome on 5 April.

OSCE Mission to Serbia organizes seminar on management of temporarily seized criminal assets

Publishing date: 6 April 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Economic activities, Education, Rule of law
The OSCE Mission to Serbia in partnership with the Italian Embassy in Belgrade on 6 and 7 April 2011 organized a seminar on effective and transparent methods for managing temporarily seized assets deriving from criminal activity. The seminar was the first of its kind...