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OSCE media freedom representative gravely concerned about continuing persecution of investigative journalists in Russia
Publishing date: 21 December 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 21 December 2009- Citing two specific criminal cases, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, called today for an end to the persecution of independent journalism in Russia in a letter to Russian Foreign Minister...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine helps introduce e-governance in the Dnipropetrovsk region
Publishing date: 21 December 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Economic activities
DNIPROPETROVSK, Ukraine, 21 December 2009- The results of a project to introduce e-governance for local government were presented by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) in the eastern city of Dnipropetrovsk today...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine hosts roundtable discussion with consulate officials on preventing trafficking in human beings
Publishing date: 18 December 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
KYIV, 18 December 2009- A roundtable discussion supported by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine to promote co-operation between Ukrainian authorities and Kyiv-based embassies and consulates to prevent human trafficking was held in Kyiv today...
Press release issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
Publishing date: 18 December 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections
VIENNA, 18 December 2009- The following is a press release issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly today. The views expressed in this press release do not necessarily reflect those of the Chairmanship, nor of all OSCE participating States.
OSCE Mission to Skopje presents results of annual decentralization survey
Publishing date: 17 December 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
SKOPJE, 17 December 2009- The OSCE Mission to Skopje presented the results of its annual survey assessing the progress of decentralization in various areas in 2008 and 2009 at a conference in Skopje today...
OSCE Centre in Ashgabat announces photo contest winners
Publishing date: 17 December 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
ASHGABAT, 17 December 2009- The winners of the photo contest launched by the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat to celebrate its tenth anniversary were announced today, with the first prize awarded to Igor Lomov for his photo "Twin souls".
OSCE Office supports establishment of water information system in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 17 December 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Environmental activities
DUSHANBE, 17 December 2009- Today the OSCE Office in Tajikistan handed over to the Ministry of Land Reclamation and Water Resources a special software package developed for the establishment of the electronic Water Code...