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OSCE supports constituent session of co-ordination team of Municipal Project Managers Network in Montenegro
Publishing date: 7 October 2016
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro in co-operation with the Union of Municipalities supported the first constituent session of the co-ordination team for the management of the Municipal Project Managers Network on 5 October 2016 in Podgorica...
OSCE supports presentation of information and accounting system of Montenegrin Berane municipality
Publishing date: 7 October 2016
An OSCE-supported presentation on information and accounting system of Montenegro’s Berane municipality for 40 officials from the local secretariats of finance, chiefs of accounting in local governments and representatives of the Finance Ministry took place on 5 October 2016 in Podgorica...
Turkmen officials conclude OSCE-organized study visit to Romania on anti-corruption and anti-money laundering practices
Publishing date: 7 October 2016
BUCHAREST, 7 October 2016 – Representatives from Turkmenistan’s financial institutions and law-enforcement bodies concluded today in Bucharest a study visit, organized by the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, focused on mechanisms to counter corruption and money laundering...
At high-level OSCE Security Days event in Vienna diplomats and experts discuss ways to increase military predictability and new conventional arms control initiative
Publishing date: 7 October 2016
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Conflict prevention and resolution
Reviving military confidence-building, risk reduction and arms control in the OSCE region was the topic of strategic discussions among high-level diplomats and experts including key representatives of NATO and the Russian Federation at an OSCE Security Days event hosted by OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier in Vienna on 3 October 2016...
OSCE workshop shines light on need to redouble efforts to commemorate and study the Holocaust in Moldova
Publishing date: 7 October 2016
Content type: Press release
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
CHISINAU, 7 October 2016 – An OSCE-organized workshop to provide the Moldovan government with concrete guidance on strengthening the commemoration and study of the Holocaust in the country took place today in Chisinau...
Cross-border co-operation and joint action are essential in reducing disaster risk, conclude participants of OSCE disaster risk reduction training in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 7 October 2016
Content type: Press release
What we do: Disaster risk reduction, Environmental activities
KAIRAKKUM, Tajikistan, 7 October 2016 – A three and a half-day training course on disaster risk reduction for central government agencies, local administrations and Aarhus Centres from Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan concluded today in Kairakkum, Tajikistan...
Impunity for crimes committed against journalists in Russia must end, OSCE Representative says on tenth anniversary of Anna Politkovskaya’s death
Publishing date: 7 October 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 7 October 2016 – On the tenth anniversary of the death of Novaya Gazeta journalist Anna Politkovskaya, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today called on the government of the Russian Federation to end impunity for crimes committed against journalists...