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OSCE media freedom representative concerned over detention of Dutch journalists for refusing to name source
Publishing date: 30 November 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 30 November 2006- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, said today that he was concerned about the detention of two Dutch journalists for refusing to reveal their sources...
Joint statement by OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs
Publishing date: 30 November 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Minsk Group
VIENNA, 30 November 2006- The Russian and the French Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group for the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement, acting also on behalf of the U.S. Co-Chair, visited Yerevan and Baku...
OSCE Chairman expresses condolences after staff member dies in Kosovo car accident
Publishing date: 30 November 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Policing
BRUSSELS, 30 November 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, expressed his condolences today to the family of an OSCE Mission in Kosovo staff member who died in a car accident on Wednesday evening...
OSCE Centre organizes human rights training for judges and prosecutors in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 30 November 2006
ASHGABAD, 30 November 2006- Implementing international human rights law into the national legal system was the focus of a training course that ended in Ashgabad today. Organized by the OSCE Centre and...
Training organized by OSCE Mission helps citizens work to get better police services
Publishing date: 30 November 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Education, Policing
SKOPJE, 30 November 2006-Citizens' Advisory Groups now are better equipped to work to get better police services at the municipal level, thanks to skills gained in a series of OSCE-organized capacity-building workshops ending today in Skopje...
Fighting corruption in education system vital for Azerbaijan's sustainable future, says OSCE Office
Publishing date: 29 November 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Rule of law
BAKU, 29 November 2006- Ways of eliminating corruption in Azerbaijan's education system will be discussed at a two-day conference which opened in Baku today. Organized by the OSCE Office in Baku and...
OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation holds 500th meeting
Publishing date: 29 November 2006
VIENNA, 29 November 2006- The Forum for Security Co-operation has become a major mechanism for ensuring the OSCE norms of openness and transparency work in the politico-military sphere...