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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports improvements of the Electoral Code
Publishing date: 17 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
SKOPJE, 17 December 2007- Amendments to the Electoral Code which would provide an improved institutional and legal framework for a more efficient, free and fair electoral processes were discussed at a conference in Skopje today...
Global media freedom rapporteurs call for less regulation in the digital era, but more care for public service and community broadcasting
Publishing date: 14 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
GENEVA/PRETORIA/VIENNA/WASHINGTON, 14 Dec 2007- Media freedom rapporteurs of the UN, the OSCE, the OAS and the ACHPR issued joint guidelines on the new role and scope of government involvement in safeguarding diversity in the era of digital broadcast...
OSCE Moldova Mission awards photo contest winners
Publishing date: 14 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
CHISINAU, 14 December 2007- The winners of the photo contest "Imaging Moldova- Diversity and Identity", organized by the OSCE Mission to Moldova, were announced in Chisinau today, with the first prize awarded to Iurie Foca...
OSCE Mission to Skopje, Department of Justice at US Embassy help strengthen professional capacity of judicial professionals
Publishing date: 14 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
SKOPJE, 14 December 2007- The principles of international humanitarian law were the focus of a training programme, supported by the OSCE Mission to Skopje...
OSCE helps plant trees in Tajikistan's rural areas to prevent land degradation
Publishing date: 14 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Environmental activities
DUSHANBE, 14 December 2007-Twenty thousand trees were planted in the Rasht Valley, Khatlon region and Hisar district of Tajikistan this week, as part of an OSCE-organized environmental action aimed at preventing the erosion of rural lands...
OSCE Mission organizes study visit for Serbian officials to the Special Court for Sierra Leone
Publishing date: 14 December 2007
BELGRADE, 14 December 2007- Senior officials from Serbia's judicial institutions for war crimes and Serbian journalists took part in an OSCE-organized study visit to Sierra Leone's Special Court and Truth and Reconciliation Commission this week...
OSCE Mission to Skopje promotes inter-ethnic dialogue through mountaineering
Publishing date: 14 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: National minority issues, Tolerance and non-discrimination
SKOPJE, 14 December 2007- A multiethnic group of young mountaineers who completed a year-long OSCE Mission-supported course received their licences as professional mountain guides today at a ceremony in Skopje...