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OSCE media freedom representative expresses shock after more Azerbaijani journalists jailed, calls on authorities to stop prosecutions for libel
Publishing date: 17 May 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 17 May 2007- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, said today he was shocked to hear the news about the imprisonment of two more Azerbaijani journalists for libel...
OSCE Office holds seminar on access to justice in environmental matters in Armenia
Publishing date: 17 May 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Environmental activities
YEREVAN, 17 May 2007- Raising awareness among judges, prosecutors and lawyers on the Aarhus Convention and its access to justice component was the aim of an OSCE-supported seminar held in Yerevan today...
OSCE Office helps open public environmental information centres in Armenian provinces
Publishing date: 16 May 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Environmental activities
YEREVAN, 16 May 2007- Aarhus public environmental information Centres will be opened in in the Kotayk, Shirak and Gegharkunik provinces of Armenia...
OSCE Mission welcomes establishment of new Serbian Government
Publishing date: 16 May 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
BELGRADE, 16 May 2007- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Hans Ola Urstad, today welcomed the formation of a new, pro-European government in Serbia. "Following a long and difficult process...
South Caucasus needs improved customs service co-operation, OSCE meeting concludes
Publishing date: 15 May 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Economic activities, Rule of law
TBILISI, 15 May 2007- Countries in South Caucasus need to foster better co-operation among their customs services to prosper, participants in a two-day conference co-organized by the OSCE Secretariat in co-operation with the OSCE Mission to Georgia...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports co-operation between central and local government in decentralization process
Publishing date: 15 May 2007
SKOPJE, 15 May 2007- Around 100 municipal and central level officials discussed how to improve the efficiency of public administration in implementing the administrative procedure to better satisfy citizens' needs at a conference in Skopje today...
OSCE Office helps organize photo exhibition in Yerevan
Publishing date: 14 May 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Environmental activities
YEREVAN, 14 May 2007- "A short meeting with Earth" is the theme of a photo exhibition which opened in Yerevan today with the help of the OSCE Office and the State University...