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OSCE to help strengthen Tajik border security
Publishing date: 6 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Border management
DUSHANBE, 6 December 2007- OSCE experts ended a visit to Dushanbe today during which they discussed the recent request by the Tajik Government to develop projects aimed at strengthening the country's border security and management...
OSCE election watchdog opens mission in Georgia
Publishing date: 6 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
TBILISI, 6 December 2007- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, ODIHR, opened an observation mission today for the 5 January presidential election in Georgia following an invitation from the Foreign Ministry of Georgia...
OSCE Office supports report on political and economic empowerment of women in Armenia
Publishing date: 5 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Gender equality
KAPAN, Armenia, 5 December 2007- Armenian women are underrepresented in public and economic life, says an OSCE-supported report presented today in Kapan, the capital of Syunik province...
New Aarhus Centre opens in Kotayk region of Armenia with OSCE support
Publishing date: 5 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Environmental activities
YEREVAN, 5 December 2007- An Aarhus public environmental information Centre opened in Hrazdan, Kotayk province of Armenia, today...
Police training centre opens in Sremska Kamenica with OSCE Mission to Serbia support
Publishing date: 5 December 2007
BELGRADE, 5 December 2007- A new Basic Police Training Centre, the result of close co-operation between the OSCE Mission and the Government of Serbia, opened in the northern Serbian city of Sremska Kamenica today...
Press freedom commitments not met during Russian electoral campaign, says OSCE media freedom watchdog
Publishing date: 4 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 4 December 2007- OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Miklos Haraszti said today that harassment of media outlets, legislative limitations, and arbitrary application of rules prevented equal media access during the Duma elections...
OSCE Office launches film festival to commemorate International Human Rights Day
Publishing date: 3 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
MINSK, 3 December 2007- The OSCE Office in Minsk launched today an eight-day film festival under the theme "Dignity, Equality, Justness" that will close on 10 December, International Human Rights Day...