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OSCE Kosovo Mission promotes interactive discussion on security issues
Publishing date: 3 February 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
PRISTINA, 3 February 2007- Kosovo Serbs, just like all of the people of Kosovo, should enjoy the same kind of security and not be harmed in any way, said participants at an OSCE-organized meeting that took place in Gracanica/Gracanice today...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports study tour for Border Police Officers to Slovenia
Publishing date: 2 February 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Border management, Policing, Rule of law
SKOPJE, 2 February 2007- Border Police are now better equipped to handle illegal border crossings and organized crime, thanks to skills gained during a two-week training tour to Slovenia supported by the OSCE Mission to Skopje...
OSCE Mission to co-host meeting of war crimes prosecutors from Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia in Belgrade
Publishing date: 2 February 2007
BELGRADE, 2 February 2007- War crimes prosecutors from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Croatia will discuss closer regional co-operation at a meeting in Belgrade on Monday, co-hosted by the OSCE Mission to Serbia and...
2007 OSCE budget approval welcomed by Spanish Chairmanship
Publishing date: 2 February 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
VIENNA, 2 February 2007- The Spanish Chairmanship welcomed today's decision, reached at a special meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council, to approve the Unified Budget for 2007, amounting to 168,200,000 euro. "I am glad to announce today...
OSCE election body sends expert team to Turkmenistan ahead of 11 February election
Publishing date: 31 January 2007
Content type: Press release
What we do: Democratization, Elections
WARSAW/ASHGABAD, 31 January 2007- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today deployed an Election Support Team to Turkmenistan ahead of the 11 February presidential election...
OSCE voices concern over imprisonment of journalists in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 31 January 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development, Rule of law
BAKU/VIENNA, 31 January 2007-The OSCE Office in Baku and the Organization's Representative on Freedom of the Media expressed profound concern today over new instances of imprisonment of journalists in Azerbaijan...
OSCE press freedom representative calls on Albanian parliamentarians to prepare for digital era
Publishing date: 30 January 2007
Content type: Press release
What we do: Democratization, Digital switchover, Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 30 January 2007- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, urged Albanian parliamentarians today to ensure that media regulation takes into account the abundance of channels that digital television...