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Transdniestrian settlement mediators and observers welcome initiatives of sides in socio-economic area and freedom of movement
Publishing date: 16 October 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
MADRID, 16 October 2007- The mediators and observers in the Transdniestrian settlement process welcomed the recent initiatives of the Government of the Republic of Moldova to address common problems in the socio-economic area.
OSCE Mission to Skopje hosts third regional meeting on community policing
Publishing date: 16 October 2007
SKOPJE, 16 October 2007- Police experts, high-ranking police officers and civil society representatives from across Europe gathered today in Skopje for an OSCE Mission workshop to share best practices on community policing in multi-ethnic societies...
European Roma Rights Centre wins 2007 Max van der Stoel prize
Publishing date: 16 October 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: National minority issues, Roma and Sinti
THE HAGUE, 16 October 2007- The European Roma Rights Centre will be presented the 2007 Max van der Stoel Award by Knut Vollebaek, the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, in a ceremony today...
OSCE Centre organizes seminar for women entrepreneurs in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 15 October 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Gender equality
ASHGABAD, 15 October 2007- Women entrepreneurs in Turkmenistan had the opportunity to learn from their Central Asian peers through an OSCE Centre-supported seminar held over the weekend in the southeastern Mary region...
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...