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OSCE Centre in Ashgabad reiterates confidence in staff
Publishing date: 21 June 2006
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
ASHGABAD, 21 June 2006- Following recent press reports mentioning the name of a staff member of the OSCE Centre in Ashgabad, the Head of the Centre wishes to reiterate his full confidence in the staff of the Centre...
OSCE Office in Baku trains journalists on media management
Publishing date: 20 June 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Economic activities, Education, Media freedom and development
BAKU, 20 June 2006- The OSCE Office in Baku has held a training session on media management for about 20 journalists, editors-in-chief and owners of different regional media outlets in Azerbaijan...
OSCE Centre promotes public discussion on media reform in Kazakhstan with second roundtable
Publishing date: 20 June 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Media freedom and development
ASTANA, 20 June 2006- A roundtable, jointly organized here by the OSCE Centre in Almaty, has been looking at the legal aspects of mass media activity and the issues of libel and defamation in Kazakhstan....
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media asks Kazakhstan to withdraw media law amendments
Publishing date: 19 June 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws
VIENNA, 19 June 2006- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, today asked the Kazakh authorities to withdraw from parliament a set of proposed amendments to the media law he argues would represent a setback for media freedom...
OSCE Head of Mission urges Kosovo refugees, IDPs, to hold on to hope ahead of World Refugee Day
Publishing date: 19 June 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: National minority issues
PRISTINA, 19 June 2006- The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Werner Wnendt today urged refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) from and within Kosovo to hold on to their dreams of returning home in a statement issued ahead of...
Role of women entrepreneurs discussed at OSCE-supported seminar in Yerevan
Publishing date: 19 June 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities, Gender equality
YEREVAN, 19 June 2006- A two-day seminar on promoting small and medium entrepreneurship (SME) for sustainable development, took place in Yerevan on 17 and 18 June...
OSCE Centre and Kyrgyz Interior Ministry organize training for high-level police managers on community policing
Publishing date: 16 June 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
BISHKEK, 16 June 2006- A three-day training course on community policing for high and middle level managers of the Kyrgyz Interior Ministry ended today in Bishkek...