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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairman to travel to Azerbaijan and Armenia
Publishing date: 1 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed), OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
MADRID, 1 June 2007- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, will visit Azerbaijan and Armenia on 4 and 5 June.
OSCE Office in Baku awarded Prize for transparency with Press
Publishing date: 31 May 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development
BAKU, 31 May 2007- The OSCE Office in Baku has received an award for its transparency and openness to the media at a ceremony...
OSCE Office trains Azerbaijani journalists on court and crime reporting
Publishing date: 4 May 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development
BAKU, 4 May 2007- More than twenty journalists from different Azerbaijani media outlets took part in a seminar on court and crime reporting organized by the OSCE Office in Baku today. Participants also discussed the notion of presumption of innocence...
OSCE Representative asks Azerbaijani President to halt persecution of journalists, greets renewed license for embattled broadcaster
Publishing date: 27 April 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
BAKU, 27 April 2007- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, asked President Ilham Aliyev today to issue a moratorium on criminal prosecution of journalists and follow up with a decriminalization reform...
OSCE media freedom representative condemns sentencing of journalist, says Azerbaijan media under serious threat
Publishing date: 23 April 2007
Content type: Press release
VIENNA, 23 April 2007- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, voiced dismay today over the prison sentence of Eynulla Fatullayev, the editor of the independent Russian-language weekly Realny Azerbaijan and the daily...
OSCE Office in Baku organizes study tour for senior police officers
Publishing date: 5 April 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Policing
BAKU, 5 April 2007- A group of high-level Interior Ministry officials completed today a six-day study tour to Germany to learn about best practices in public event management and crowd control.
OSCE Office organizes labour rights seminar in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 3 April 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Economic activities
BAKU, 3 April 2007- Promoting professional relations between employers and employees and raising awareness of labour rights are the focus of a seminar that started in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan today...