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OSCE's election body sends team of experts for the Swiss federal elections
Publishing date: 15 October 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WARSAW, 15 October 2007- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) deployed an election assessment mission to Switzerland today for the 21 October federal elections...
OSCE Mission Head to Serbia concerned over verbal assaults and threats to War Crimes Prosecutor
Publishing date: 15 October 2007
BELGRADE, 15 October 2007- Ambassador Hans Ola Urstad, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, voiced concern today over recent repeated verbal assaults and threats to the Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor by some members of the Serbian Parliament...
OSCE Centre promotes access to information in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 15 October 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Media freedom and development
ASTANA, 15 October 2007- Promoting transparency in the law-making process by enhancing co-operation between media and the Parliament is the aim of a two-day training course co-organized by the OSCE Centre that started today in Astana...
OSCE Mission to Skopje helps train border police and customs officers
Publishing date: 15 October 2007
SKOPJE, 15 October 2007- More then 240 border police and customs officers learned the latest in drug identification and interviewing techniques in a series of OSCE Mission-supported workshops, the last of which ended today in Ohrid...
OSCE Chairman congratulates Al Gore, UN climate panel on winning Nobel Peace Prize
Publishing date: 13 October 2007
MADRID, 13 October 2007- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, congratulated former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change today on winning the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize...
South Caucasus journalists discuss media ethics and self-regulation at OSCE conference
Publishing date: 12 October 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media self-regulation
TBILISI, 12 October 2007- The challenges and prospects of media self-regulation were the focus of the Fourth South Caucasus Media Conference that ended in Tbilisi today...
OSCE Secretary General praises Serbia's support for Organization's work, confirms further assistance
Publishing date: 12 October 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Mission to Serbia
BELGRADE, 12 October 2007- The OSCE Secretary General, Ambassador Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, praised today Serbia's support for the work of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and confirmed the Organization's commitment to further assist the country...