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OSCE Centre in Bishkek helps establish border security co-ordination mechanism in Osh Province
Publishing date: 16 November 2011
The first provincial-level border security meeting with representatives of border management agencies, government officials and residents of border areas in the districts of Kara-Suu and Aravan took place on 16 November 2011 in Osh in southern Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE Mission launches essay contest on Assembly of Kosovo
Publishing date: 15 November 2011
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo launched on 15 November 2011 an essay contest for primary and secondary school students “Assembly as a Symbol of Democracy”...
OSCE organizes discussion on modernizing media law in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 15 November 2011
Content type: Press release
What we do: Digital switchover, Media freedom and development
ASHGABAT, 15 November 2011 – Reforming Turkmenistan’s media legislation to take into account new communication and information technologies was the focus of an OSCE-supported roundtable event that concluded today in Ashgabat...
OSCE holds discussion on new Armenian Criminal Procedure Code
Publishing date: 15 November 2011
YEREVAN, 15 November 2011 – The OSCE Office in Yerevan supported an expert workshop today to review and discuss the theoretical and practical issues of Armenia’s new draft criminal procedure code...
OSCE Secretary General highlights EU-OSCE synergies at European Parliament committee
Publishing date: 15 November 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier spoke about OSCE-EU co-operation during an addresss to the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs in Strasburg on 14 November 2011, ahead of the upcoming OSCE Ministerial Council in Vilnius on 6 and 7 December...
OSCE Office helps Afghan and Tajik border guard learn from Lithuanian counterparts
Publishing date: 15 November 2011
Training for six Tajik and five Afghan border guard officials started on 14 November at the Border Guard School Medininkai in Lithuania...
OSCE helps address climate change risks in Central Asia
Publishing date: 14 November 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities, Good governance
DUSHANBE, 14 November 2011 – Experts and policy makers from Central Asia will assess risks from climate change, discuss measures to protect environmental security in Central Asia and promote regional co-operation at a three-day event supported by the OSCE that began in Dushanbe today...