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OSCE Representative concerned about deteriorating media situation in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 27 November 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 27 November 2006- The recent shutdown of an Azerbaijani broadcast channel and a print press editorial building is a clear sign of the deterioration of the media situation in the country, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media said...
OSCE Centre promotes openness of courts in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 27 November 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Media freedom and development
ALMATY, 27 November 2006- Improving the justice system in Kazakhstan through increasing the openness of courts was the main topic at an OSCE-organized roundtable meeting held today in Almaty...
OSCE experts panel concerned over destruction of Hare Krishna property in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 27 November 2006
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
WARSAW, 27 November 2006- The OSCE Advisory Council on the Freedom of Religion or Belief, an advisory panel of experts from different backgrounds and of various faiths from throughout the OSCE region, issued the following statement today...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports study tour for senior police officers
Publishing date: 27 November 2006
SKOPJE, 27 November 2006- A group of high-level Interior Ministry officials completed a five-day study tour to a Scottish Police College in the United Kingdom. The trip was part of...
Police chiefs from OSCE countries agree to enhance co-operation to fight organized crime
Publishing date: 24 November 2006
BRUSSELS, 24 November, 2006- At a Conference organized today at the initiative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, police chiefs from more than 50 OSCE countries agreed to intensify international...
Kazakhstani journalists learn about land degradation and water management in OSCE Centre course
Publishing date: 24 November 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
ALMATY, 24 November 2006- Environmental security issues such as land degradation and water management was the focus of a week-long training course for Kazakhstani journalists that ended today...
OSCE Office condemns closure of private TV broadcaster in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 24 November 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development
BAKU, 24 November 2006- The OSCE Office in Baku today expressed concern and surprise at the closure of Azerbaijan's first private TV and radio broadcaster, ANS...