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OSCE deplores blocking of Corjova polling station during Moldova parliamentary elections

Publishing date: 6 April 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Elections
CHISINAU, 6 April 2009- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office's Special Co-ordinator Petros Efthymiou and the Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, Ambassador Philip Remler, deplored today the closure of the Corjova voting station during yesterday's elections...

Kosovo courts face difficulties in handling ownership of property, OSCE Mission report finds

Publishing date: 6 April 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Economic activities, Human rights, Rule of law
PRISHTINE/PRISTINA, 6 April 2009- Kosovo courts still face difficulties in addressing disputes over immovable property rights, in particular disputes over ownership of immovable property, according to an OSCE report released today...

OSCE Centre supports work to bring Kyrgyz human trafficking legislation in line with international standards

Publishing date: 3 April 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
BISHKEK, 3 April, 2009- An OSCE-supported working group that aims to align the Kyrgyz legislation on combating trafficking in human beings with international standards, supported by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, held its inaugural meeting...

OSCE Office in Tajikistan supports event that aims to create awareness about problem of landmines

Publishing date: 3 April 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution
DUSHANBE, 3 April 2009- Landmines pose a threat to security in Tajikistan and elsewhere, Klaus Rasmussen, the Deputy Head of the OSCE Office in Tajikistan, said today at a ceremony held to mark tomorrow's International Day for Mine Awareness...

OSCE Minorities Commissioner calls for wider use of multilingual education in Central Asia

Publishing date: 3 April 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues, Tolerance and non-discrimination
SAMARKAND, 3 April 2009- The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM), Knut Vollebaek, urged the countries of Central Asia today to expand the use of bilingual and multilingual education...

OSCE Centre assists in development of local model of sustainable production and consumption in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 3 April 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Democratization, Economic activities, Environmental activities, Education
ASTANA, 3 April 2009- A two-day workshop, co-organized by the OSCE Centre, to assist the government to develop a Kazakhstani model of environmentally sustainable production and consumption started in Astana today...

OSCE Centre in Bishkek donates cars, communication equipment to support prison safety reforms

Publishing date: 3 April 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
BISHKEK, 3 April 2009- The OSCE Centre in Bishkek donated three cars and 30 radio mobile communications sets to Kyrgyzstan's penitentiary administration, the State Department on Executive Punishment (GUIN), in a ceremony today...