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OSCE Centre organizes study visit for Turkmenistan's customs officials
Publishing date: 27 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Democratization, Border management, Education, Rule of law
ASHGABAD, 27 June 2007- Three members of Turkmenistan's customs service have just completed a one-week study tour to customs training facilities in Muenster and Plessow in Germany...
OSCE media freedom watchdog condemns attack against Hungarian journalist
Publishing date: 26 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 26 June 2007- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, denounced today an attack against Hungarian investigative journalist Iren Karman, and urged the Hungarian authorities to take prompt measures to prevent...
Fighting discrimination is central to democratic developments in Kosovo, say OSCE Mission and Kosovo Government
Publishing date: 26 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
PRISTINA, 26 June 2007- Fully enforcing the Anti-Discrimination Law would help integrate all members of society and aid reconciliation in Kosovo, according to a joint booklet compiled by the OSCE Mission and Kosovo's Provisional Institutions...
OSCE Mission to Skopje continues support for capacity-building of the Ombudsman institution
Publishing date: 26 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
SKOPJE, 26 June 2007- Ambassador Giorgio Radicati, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Skopje, and Swedish Ambassador, Ulrika Cronenberg Mossberg, announced the beginning of the second phase of the Macedonian Ombudsman Support Project...
OSCE Mission to Serbia supports economic education programme for Roma women
Publishing date: 26 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Economic activities, Education, Roma and Sinti
BELGRADE/NIS, 26 June 2007- A three-month education programme for the economic empowerment of Roma women ended today in the southern Serbian city of Nis with a discussion on how to improve municipal support to their business activities...
OSCE sends team to assess parliamentary elections in Turkey
Publishing date: 25 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Elections
WARSAW/ANKARA, 25 June 2007- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE/ODIHR, opened an election assessment mission to Turkey today for the 22 July parliamentary elections, following an invitation from the Turkish authorities...
Ten years of peace-building in Tajikistan focus of OSCE Magazine
Publishing date: 25 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, Newsroom
VIENNA, 25 June- Tajikistan's impressive record in building peace and democratic institutions over the past decade, with the support of the OSCE and other international partners, is the focus of the latest issue of the OSCE Magazine...