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OSCE hosts expert meeting on protecting critical energy infrastructure from terrorist attack

Publishing date: 17 July 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Environmental activities, Countering terrorism
VIENNA, 17 July 2008- Protecting critical energy infrastructure from terrorist attack is the focus of an OSCE meeting that started in Vienna today...

OSCE media freedom watchdog calls Baku trial 'fake', aimed to discredit opposition journalist and protect his real attackers

Publishing date: 17 July 2008
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, 17 July 2008- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, condemned today the trial against Sergey Strekalin, who was sentenced to one and a half years in prison for his self-confessed stabbing of journalist Agil Khalil...

International co-operation to fight drug trafficking focus of OSCE experts meeting

Publishing date: 17 July 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
VIENNA, 17 July 2008- How international co-operation can make the fight against trafficking in illicit drugs and chemical precursors more effective is the focus of a two-day OSCE expert conference that began today in Vienna...

OSCE field presences in Central Asia discuss border-related activities

Publishing date: 17 July 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Border management
BISHKEK, 17 July 2008- OSCE border-related activities and co-operation between its field presences in five Central Asian states was the focus of a two-day workshop that ended today...

Film project on tolerance wins prize awarded by OSCE Office in Yerevan

Publishing date: 17 July 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Tolerance and non-discrimination
YEREVAN, 17 July 2008- Plans for a film called "A Shepherd's Song" by Vahram Mkhitaryan won a tolerance film prize awarded by the OSCE Office in Yerevan and partners in a ceremony held at the Armenian Foreign Ministry today...

OSCE field office supports opening of a new training centre in Osh

Publishing date: 17 July 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Environmental activities
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 17 July 2008- The Kyrgyz Ministry of Emergency Situations, with support from the OSCE Centre's field office in Osh, opened a training centre for natural disaster preparedness in Osh today...

OSCE the forum to discuss future of European security, says French Foreign Minister

Publishing date: 17 July 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
VIENNA, 17 July 2008- The OSCE is an indispensable and dynamic organization working for security in its region, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner told the OSCE Permanent Council today in Vienna...