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OSCE Centre organizes discussion on anti-corruption measures in Kazakhstan's private sector
Publishing date: 17 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
ASTANA, 17 October 2006- Improving Kazakhstan's institutional and legislative framework to combat corruption in the private sector is the aim of an OSCE-organized meeting that is taking place in Astana today. The event...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes highest UK court's decision backing investigative journalism
Publishing date: 16 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 16 October 2006- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media praised the decision of the Law Lords, Britain's highest court, to grant journalists the right to publish unproven allegations in cases of public interest, provided that...
OSCE election observation body begins assessment of presidential elections in Bulgaria
Publishing date: 16 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Elections
WARSAW, 16 October 2006- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights today began an election assessment mission for the 22 October presidential elections in Bulgaria at the invitation of the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry...
Warsaw meeting discusses OSCE/ODIHR guidelines on freedom of assembly
Publishing date: 16 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization
WARSAW, 16 October 2006- An OSCE-organized roundtable discussion of the guidelines on legislation regulating and affecting freedom of assembly took place in Warsaw today. "The guidelines...
OSCE Mission to Skopje organizes discussions across the country on education and decentralization
Publishing date: 14 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Education
SKOPJE, 14 October 2006- Improving rural children's access to education, increasing parents' participation in decision-making and improving relations among stakeholders involved in education...
More co-operation needed to avoid fires in Nagorno-Karabakh region, OSCE-led expert mission finds
Publishing date: 13 October 2006
YEREVAN, 13 October 2006- An OSCE-led team of international and local experts today called for more co-operation to prevent and manage fires in and around Nagorno-Karabakh following the end of a 10-day mission to assess the environmental...
Serbian police complete OSCE/EUROPOL training on dismantling illicit drug production sites
Publishing date: 13 October 2006
BELGRADE, 13 October 2006- The first specialized training course for Serbian Interior Ministry staff on dismantling illicit drug production laboratories concluded today in Belgrade...