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Maritime and inland waterways co-operation and the challenges of landlocked countries focus of OSCE Conference in Ashgabad
Publishing date: 6 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Democratization, Economic activities, Environmental activities
ASHGABAD, 6 March 2008- Environmental, economic and security concerns and opportunities related to maritime co-operation are the focus of an international OSCE conference that started today in Ashgabad...
OSCE, partners help Turkmenistan fight money laundering, financing of terrorism
Publishing date: 5 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Secretariat
ASHGABAD, 5 March 2008- Supporting the efforts of Turkmenistan to fight money laundering and the financing of terrorism was the aim of a workshop that ended in Ashgabad today...
OSCE Centre promotes cross-border trade between Tajikistan, Afghanistan
Publishing date: 19 February 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Economic activities
DUSHANBE, 19 February 2008- The OSCE Centre in Dushanbe opened today a trans-border trade promotion centre in Jalolidin Rumi district to help develop trade relations between Tajikistan and Afghanistan...
Schools, clinics and water supply renovation discussed at OSCE-chaired meeting in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict
Publishing date: 15 February 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
TBILISI, 15 February 2008- Ongoing internationally-funded projects for the economic rehabilitation of the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict were discussed at an OSCE-chaired meeting in Tskhinvali today...
OSCE Minsk Office organizes seminar on energy sources
Publishing date: 12 February 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
MINSK, 12 February 2008- Developing alternative and renewable sources of energy, including the use of biomass, is the focus of a seminar that opened in Minsk today...
OSCE promotes monitoring of women's rights in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 8 February 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
ALMATY, 8 February 2008- The methodologies used to monitor women's rights were the focus of a workshop, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights and the OSCE Centre in Astana, that ended in Almaty today...
OSCE Finnish Chairmanship announces photo contest
Publishing date: 1 February 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
VIENNA, 1 February 2008- The Finnish OSCE Chairmanship announced today a photo contest under the theme "Waterways of life". The main prize for a single photo (or series) will be a Nokia multimedia computer with camera...