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OSCE Chairman, Georgian President discuss missile incident, regional tensions
Publishing date: 4 September 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BATUMI, Georgia, 4 September 2007- Chairman Moratinos said today the OSCE would continue to work to foster a climate of understanding between Russia and Georgia and find ways to avoid future crises similar to the 6 August missile incident in Georgia...
OSCE Academy in Bishkek starts new academic year
Publishing date: 3 September 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, 3 September 2007- The OSCE Academy in Bishkek today began its 2007/2008 academic programme in political science, admitting 23 students from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan...
OSCE Mission condemns assault on Vijesti director
Publishing date: 3 September 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Montenegro
What we do: Media freedom and development
PODGORICA, 3 September 2007- The OSCE Mission to Montenegro today strongly condemned the attack on Zeljko Ivanovic, the director of the local daily newspaper Vijesti, which happened over the weekend...
Kosovo redoubles anti-corruption efforts- OSCE and UNDP provide support
Publishing date: 3 September 2007
PRISTINA, 3 September 2007- The Kosovo Anti-Corruption Agency, the OSCE Mission in Kosovo and United Nations Development Programme in Kosovo launched today the second phase of a public information campaign to stamp out corruption in the public sector...
OSCE Chairman, Russian Foreign Minister discuss Organization's effectiveness and role in settling conflicts
Publishing date: 30 August 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
MOSCOW, 30 August 2007- Spain is working hard to strengthen the OSCE during its Chairmanship of the Organization this year and the Russian Federation, as a key participating State, plays an important role in this respect, the OSCE Chairman said today...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator helps train Central Asian police dog handlers to combat organized crime, terrorism
Publishing date: 28 August 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Education, Countering terrorism, Policing, Rule of law
TASHKENT, 28 August 2007- A four-month regional training course on combating organized crime and terrorism for 22 police dog handlers from Central Asian countries ended in Tashkent today...
OSCE Centre in Dushanbe teaches university students about protecting human rights
Publishing date: 27 August 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Human rights, Education
VARZOB, Tajikistan, 27 August 2007- Teaching university students about human rights and mechanisms to protect those rights is the aim of a course co-organized by the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe and the non-governmental organization...