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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...
European Commission, OSCE support modernizing Albania's address and civil registration systems
Publishing date: 30 January 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
TIRANA, 30 January 2007- The Head of the Delegation of the European Commission to Albania and the Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania inaugurated today an agreement which will assist the Albanian government in modernising its...
OSCE Chairman voices concern over violence in zone of Georgian-Ossetian conflict
Publishing date: 29 January 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
MADRID, 29 January 2007- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, expressed his concern today over a series of violent incidents in recent days in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict...
OSCE media freedom representative calls for abolishment of insult laws in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 26 January 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 26 January 2007- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, called for the removal of special insult laws in Kazakhstan which give elevated protection to State officials from verbal offence. The plea follows...
OSCE Mission review of Kosovo lawmaking shows considerable progress, persisting challenges
Publishing date: 26 January 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Rule of law
PRISTINA, 26 January 2007- Most of the ministries in Kosovo have made considerable progress in the implementation of the laws promulgated in 2005, according to a report published today by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo...