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OSCE media representative calls on Tajik authorities to lift ban on Facebook and news websites
Publishing date: 7 March 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 7 March 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, appealed to the Government of Tajikistan today to reverse instructions to block the Facebook social media platform and four websites reporting on social and political affairs...
Norway’s internet voting pilot project held in an open manner but could have benefited from more formalized procedures, says ODIHR report
Publishing date: 6 March 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
Norway’s internet voting project for the 12 September local government elections was conducted in an open manner, but the system could have benefited from more formalized procedures, says the final report of the ODIHR Election Expert Team...
OSCE Office supports Armenia’s governance reform
Publishing date: 6 March 2012
Centralised data transfer system, measures to implement state labour oversight, control of technical security were discussed at the Inter-agency Inspection Reform Council held in Yerevan on 6 March 2012 with the OSCE Office’s participation...
Statement of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs
Publishing date: 6 March 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Minsk Group
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BAKU, 6 March 2012- The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Robert Bradtke of the United States, Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, and Jacques Faure of France) and Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk (Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office) traveled March 2-6 to Yerevan, Nagorno-Karabakh, and Baku.
OSCE Centre trains Kazakhstani border guards
Publishing date: 5 March 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Border management
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 5 March 2012- A three-day OSCE-organized workshop on border management for Kazakhstani border service staff began today in Almaty...
OSCE PA Vice-President Habsburg Douglas denied visit to Tymoshenko in Ukraine
Publishing date: 5 March 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
KYIV, 5 March 2012 – Walburga Habsburg Douglas, vice-president of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly and member of Swedish parliament, today was denied access to visit former Ukrainian prime minster Yulia Tymoshenko, who remains in prison...
Russia’s presidential election marked by unequal campaign conditions, active citizens’ engagement, international observers say
Publishing date: 5 March 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
MOSCOW, 5 March 2012 – Although candidates in yesterday’s presidential election in the Russian Federation were able to campaign unhindered, conditions were clearly skewed in favour of one of the contestants, current Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, the international observers concluded in a statement issued today...