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OSCE Secretary General emphasizes need to secure ammunitions and weapons stocks following Cyprus explosion
Publishing date: 11 July 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation, OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Arms control
VIENNA, 11 July 2011 – The deadly explosion of munitions at a military base in Cyprus underlines that work to secure ammunition and weapons stocks is of utmost urgency, OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier said today...
OSCE welcomes Montenegro’s decriminalization of speech offences
Publishing date: 11 July 2011
Content type: Press release
What we do: Media freedom and development
PODGORICA/VIENNA, 11 July 2011 – The OSCE Mission to Montenegro and the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today commended Montenegro for decriminalizing defamation...
OSCE Chairperson expresses condolences over Volga boat disaster
Publishing date: 11 July 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
VILNIUS, 11 July 2011- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, expressed his solidarity and sympathy with the people of Russia today...
Press release issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
Publishing date: 11 July 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
VIENNA, 11 July 2011- The following is a press release issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly on 9 July. The views expressed in this press release do not necessarily reflect those of the OSCE Chairmanship, nor of all OSCE participating States...
OSCE media freedom representative deplores attack on journalist in northern Cyprus
Publishing date: 8 July 2011
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, 8 July 2011 – Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today strongly condemned the alleged attempt to murder Sener Levent, the editor-in-chief of Afrika newspaper in northern Cyprus...
Press release issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
Publishing date: 8 July 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
VIENNA, 8 July 2011- The following is a press release issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly on 8 July. The views expressed in this press release do not necessarily reflect those of the OSCE Chairmanship, nor of all OSCE participating States...
OSCE launches Romanian version of guide on building trust between police and Roma
Publishing date: 8 July 2011
Content type: News
What we do: Policing, Roma and Sinti
The Romanian version of an OSCE manual on good practices in building trust and understanding between police and Roma and Sinti communities was launched at a meeting in Romania’s parliament on 8 July 2011...