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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Spain's King and Austrian President inaugurate new OSCE building
Publishing date: 21 November 2007
Content type: Press release
VIENNA, 21 November 2007- King Juan Carlos I of Spain and Austrian President Heinz Fischer inaugurated the new headquarters for the OSCE Secretariat and the OSCE's Representative on Freedom of the Media in Vienna today.
OSCE promotes more effective fight against crime with guide to conducting investigations
Publishing date: 21 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Rule of law
ASTANA, 21 November 2007- As part of ongoing human dimension activities, the new Russian-language version of an OSCE-wide guide on conducting criminal investigations was presented today...
OSCE, EU officials meet in Brussels
Publishing date: 19 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
BRUSSELS, 19 November 2007- Kosovo elections, Kazakhstan's bid to chair the OSCE, election observation missions, and preparations for the Madrid OSCE Ministerial Council topped the agenda at an OSCE-EU Ministerial Troika meeting in Brussels today...
OSCE Chairman says Kosovo elections help promote democracy; key now to start work soon
Publishing date: 18 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Elections
PRISTINA, 18 November 2007- The elections in Kosovo give its provisional self-government institutions legitimacy and will help promote democracy, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said today.
OSCE Chairman takes note of ODIHR decision not to observe Russian parliamentary elections
Publishing date: 16 November 2007
MADRID, 16 November 2007- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, said today he took note of the decision by the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) to tell...
OSCE Chairman welcomes end to state of emergency in Georgia
Publishing date: 16 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Conflict prevention and resolution, Rule of law
MADRID, 16 November 2007- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, welcomed today the decision by Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili to lift the state of emergency.
OSCE fosters Albania and Montenegro law enforcement co-operation in fight against trafficking and organized crime
Publishing date: 15 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Mission to Montenegro, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
TIRANA, 15 November 2007- Enhancing co-operation between Albanian and Montenegrin police, prosecutors and judges in the fight against transnational organized crime was the focus of an OSCE meeting that ended in Shkodra today...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office meets Minsk Group Co-Chairs
Publishing date: 14 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Minsk Group
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
MADRID, 14 November 2007- The Spanish OSCE Chairmanship issued the following statement today: "The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, met the Co-Chairs of the Minsk Group...
OSCE hosts meeting to discuss economic rehabilitation projects in zone of Georgian-Ossetian conflict
Publishing date: 12 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Economic activities
VIENNA, 12 November 2007- Progress in implementing internationally-funded economic rehabilitation projects in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict was discussed at an OSCE-chaired meeting in Vienna today.
OSCE envoy calls for lifting of state of emergency, and restoration of democratic conditions
Publishing date: 11 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Democratization, Elections, Rule of law
TBILISI, 11 November 2007- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office's Special Envoy, Josep Borrell Fontelles, welcomed the Georgian President's proposal to hold an early presidential election and the resumption of dialogue...