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OSCE Mission to Skopje supports advanced training on organized crime investigation techniques
Publishing date: 7 May 2009
SKOPJE, 7 May 2009- Sixteen senior managers from the Interior Ministry's Organized Crime Department are enhancing their skills and capacity to conduct investigations through a five-day advanced training course that ends tomorrow in Skopje...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes Russian journalists' initiative to tackle violence against the press
Publishing date: 6 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 6 May 2009- In a letter to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, welcomed today Russian civil and parliamentary initiatives to fight violence against journalists...
OSCE holds seminar on fighting customs corruption in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 6 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities
ASTANA, 6 May 2009- A two-day seminar for Kazakh customs and law enforcement officials to discuss strategic anti-corruption methods and international good practices in this field ended in Astana today...
OSCE/ODIHR experts to assess European Parliament elections
Publishing date: 6 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WARSAW, 6 May 2009- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) will assess the 4-7 June elections to the European Parliament by sending experts to 15 European Union member states...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan supports training for civil society organizations
Publishing date: 6 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Democratization
TASHKENT, 6 May 2009- The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan launched a series of training courses for civil society organizations today in co-operation with a local non-governmental organization, the Institute for Study of Civil Society...
OSCE Office organizes Armenian Ombudsman visit to France
Publishing date: 5 May 2009
YEREVAN, 5 May 2009- A two-day visit of Armenia's Ombudsman, Armen Harutyunyan, to the French Ombudsman institution, organized by the OSCE Office in Yerevan with the French Embassy in Armenia, finished today...
OSCE meeting on hate crimes starts with call to combat bias-motivated violence more effectively
Publishing date: 4 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Tolerance and non-discrimination
VIENNA, 4 May 2009- Participants at an OSCE meeting on hate crimes today called on states to step up their efforts to combat bias-motivated violence more effectively.