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Winners of 2008 OSCE photo contest announced

Publishing date: 23 April 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
VIENNA, 23 April 2008- The winners of the 2008 OSCE photo contest "Waterways of life" were announced today with the main prize awarded to Andrey Shapran of Russia for...

Kosovo municipalities making headway in establishing new executive structures, says OSCE Mission report

Publishing date: 23 April 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Rule of law
PRISHTINË/PRISTINA, 23 April 2008- Municipalities have made valuable progress in establishing new executive structures after the November 2007 elections, says a report issued by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo today...

OSCE High Commissioner discusses naturalization, education reform in Latvia

Publishing date: 23 April 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: National minority issues
RIGA, 23 April 2008- The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Knut Vollebaek, commended the Latvian authorities and national minority communities today for taking a solution-oriented approach to tackling the country's integration challenges...

OSCE Mission to Skopje supports good governance training for municipal councillors

Publishing date: 23 April 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Rule of law
SKOPJE, 23 April 2008- Enhancing the capacity of municipal councillors and promoting principles of good governance is the aim of a workshop that started in Veles today...

OSCE media freedom representative urges Czech Parliament to use penal code reform to decriminalize speech offences

Publishing date: 22 April 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 22 April 2008- Miklos Haraszti, OSCE's media freedom representative, urged members of the Czech Parliament to use the ongoing Criminal Code reform to decriminalize speech offences so that they would be handled exclusively in civil courts...

OSCE Presence welcomes progress made on Albanian electoral system

Publishing date: 22 April 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Elections
TIRANA, 22 April 2008- The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Robert Bosch, welcomed today the adoption of constitutional changes to the electoral system in Albania...

OSCE, Tajik Ministry of Energy and Industry hold conference on hydro energy in Central Asia

Publishing date: 22 April 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
DUSHANBE, 22 April 2008- Hydroelectricity issues in Central Asia and projects in the field are being discussed at a regional workshop that opened in Dushanbe today...