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Corfu informal meeting of OSCE foreign ministers begins

Publishing date: 27 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
CORFU, 27 June 2009- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis, urged OSCE foreign ministers to engage in a frank and open dialogue on the present and future of European security at the start of an informal meeting today...

OSCE Centre co-organizes roundtable meeting on prevention of torture in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 27 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Human rights, Policing, Rule of law
ALMATY, 27 June 2009- Participants in an OSCE-supported meeting held today in Almaty discussed effective mechanisms to prevent torture in Kazakhstan and measures to strengthen the role of the civil society in monitoring places of detention...

OSCE/ODIHR opens election observation mission in Moldova

Publishing date: 26 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
CHISINAU, 26 June 2009- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened an election observation mission to monitor the early parliamentary elections in Moldova scheduled for 29 July...

OSCE Office supports local entrepreneurship development centre in Syunik, Armenia

Publishing date: 26 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Economic activities
KAPAN, Armenia, 26 June 2009- A new office providing state support to small and medium entrepreneurship opened today in the town of Kapan in Armenia's Syunik region, with the support of OSCE Programme Implementation Presence in Syunik...

OSCE Centre supports anti-corruption capacity-building training

Publishing date: 26 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Economic activities, Policing, Rule of law
ASTANA, 26 June 2009- Some 40 experts from the regional offices of the Kazakhstani financial police and the General Prosecutor's Office completed an OSCE Centre-organized course on best practices to prevent, investigate and prosecute...

OSCE Centre hands over computer equipment to Kyrgyz Police Academy

Publishing date: 26 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Policing
BISHKEK, 26 June 2009- The OSCE Centre in Bishkek handed over computer equipment to the Kyrgyz Police Academy's pedagogy and psychology department today, marking Graduation Day at the Academy...

OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan holds workshop on chemical precursor identification and investigation

Publishing date: 26 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Policing
TASHKENT, 26 June 2009- A four-day training course organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan on precursor identification and modern investigation techniques concluded in Tashkent today...