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Kosovo municipalities making headway in establishing new executive structures, says OSCE Mission report
Publishing date: 23 April 2008
PRISHTINË/PRISTINA, 23 April 2008- Municipalities have made valuable progress in establishing new executive structures after the November 2007 elections, says a report issued by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo today...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports good governance training for municipal councillors
Publishing date: 23 April 2008
SKOPJE, 23 April 2008- Enhancing the capacity of municipal councillors and promoting principles of good governance is the aim of a workshop that started in Veles today...
OSCE human rights body co-organizes expert meeting on use of plea agreements in Bosnia and Herzegovina war crimes cases
Publishing date: 15 April 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Rule of law
SARAJEVO, 15 April 2008- The use of plea agreements in war crimes cases in Bosnia and Herzegovina was examined today at an expert meeting organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports conference on pre-trial detention practices
Publishing date: 4 April 2008
SKOPJE, 4 April 2008- Raising awareness among judges, prosecutors and attorneys on the international standards for pre-trial detention was the aim of an OSCE Mission-supported conference which ended in Skopje today...
OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs issue statement on Nagorno-Karabakh
Publishing date: 19 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Minsk Group
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Rule of law
VIENNA, 19 March 2008- The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs issued the following statement today: "The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Yuri Merzlyakov for the Russian Federation, and Bernard Fassier for France, as well as Mike Carpenter...
OSCE media freedom representative calls on Azerbaijan to investigate latest attack against journalist
Publishing date: 17 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 17 March 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, condemned today the stabbing of Agil Khalil, a reporter of the Azerbaijani opposition newspaper Azadliq, and urged the government to investigate...
OSCE media freedom representative and partners call on Ukraine to further development of free media
Publishing date: 17 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Media freedom and development, Rule of law
KYIV, 17 March 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, and representatives for the Council of Europe and the European Commission, called on Ukraine today to continue efforts to create a free press...