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OSCE Mission to Serbia supports Roma pre-school education
Publishing date: 31 July 2008
BELGRADE, 31 July 2008- Eighty-one Roma children from Belgrade's Gazela settlement graduated today from a four-month pre-school course supported by the OSCE Mission...
OSCE Centre supports Kyrgyz Financial Intelligence Unit to fight money laundering and financing of terrorism
Publishing date: 31 July 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Countering terrorism
BISHKEK, 31 July 2008- Building the capacity of Kyrgyzstan's Financial Intelligence Unit and enhancing international co-operation was the focus of an international conference that ended today in the Kyrgyz town of Cholpon-Ata...
Presidential election presents opportunity for Azerbaijan, OSCE Special Envoy says
Publishing date: 30 July 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections
BAKU, 30 July 2008- Ambassador Heikki Talvitie, the Special Envoy of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, today welcomed the Azerbaijani authorities' stated determination to create conditions for the upcoming presidential election...
OSCE Office supports safe storage facilities for Tajikistan law enforcement agencies
Publishing date: 30 July 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Arms control
DUSHANBE, 30 July 2008- The OSCE Office and the Tajik Interior Ministry signed an agreement today launching a project to refurbish district police armouries and upgrade security for small arms and light weapons and conventional ammunition sites...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports fire prevention campaign
Publishing date: 30 July 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Environmental activities
SKOPJE, 30 July 2008- Educating citizens on fire prevention and contributing to a safer environment are the aims of a nationwide campaign launched today in the Mogila municipality, Bitola...
OSCE Office supports Tajikistan's efforts to improve Gender Equality Law
Publishing date: 29 July 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Gender equality
DUSHANBE, 29 July 2008- How to integrate a gender perspective in Tajikistan's national policies as well improve Tajikistan's Gender Equality Law and ensure that it is implemented correctly was the focus of the roundtable discussion held in Dushanbe...
OSCE press freedom office trains media professionals to foster ethical standards and boost self-regulation
Publishing date: 29 July 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Education, Media freedom and development, Media self-regulation
ODESA, Ukraine, 29 July 2008- Promoting media self-regulation as a credible mechanism for upholding journalistic ethics and professionalism is the aim of a two-day OSCE training course that started in Odesa today...