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OSCE Centres help train Kazakh and Kyrgyz journalists to report on labour migration
Publishing date: 17 August 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
ALMATY, 17 August 2006- A training course on labour migration for journalists from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan began today in Almaty. Organized by the OSCE Centres in Almaty and Bishkek, and the Kazakh International Centre for Journalism MediaNet...
OSCE Chairman welcomes Russia's suspension of extraditions of refugees, praises Kazakhstan for positive steps
Publishing date: 16 August 2006
BRUSSELS, 16 August 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, today said he was pleased by Russia's decision to suspend the extradition of 12 refugees and an asylum-seeker to Uzbekistan...
OSCE Mission to Moldova issues statement on explosion in Tiraspol
Publishing date: 14 August 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
CHISINAU, 14 August 2006- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova today issued the following statement: "The explosion yesterday in Tiraspol has shocked all of us in the OSCE Mission to Moldova and we are saddened by this tragic loss of life...
OSCE Skopje Mission funds summer camp to educate youth on democracy-building and economy
Publishing date: 14 August 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Economic activities, Education
SKOPJE, 14 August 2006- A ten-day youth camp focusing on economy and democratization and funded by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje opened at the Prespa lake today...
OSCE Centre holds meetings on judicial reform and civil society development in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 11 August 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Gender equality
DUSHANBE/VARZOB, 11 August 2006- The role of public organizations in civil society development and problems and perspectives of judicial reform in Tajikistan topped the agenda of two events, co-organized by the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe today...
Children learn about environmental protection of Caspian Sea at summer camp organized by OSCE Centre in Ashgabad
Publishing date: 11 August 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Environmental activities, Education
ASHGABAD, 11 August 2006- More than 30 school children are participating in classes, training sessions and debates about environmental protection at an OSCE-supported summer camp aiming to raise awareness about Caspian Sea protection...
Serbian Broadcasting Law amendments ought to be withdrawn, OSCE Mission argues in analytical report
Publishing date: 11 August 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Media freedom and development, Rule of law
BELGRADE, 11 August 2006- Ambassador Hans Ola Urstad, Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia today called on Serbian authorities to withdraw recently adopted Broadcasting Law Amendments, saying that some of them violate media freedom rights...