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Anti-corruption conference co-organized by OSCE begins in Armenia
Publishing date: 6 April 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Democratization
YEREVAN, 6 April 2006- Strengthening the co-operation between the Armenia's National Assembly, civil society and the media in the fight against corruption is the focus of a two-day international conference co-organized by the OSCE in Yerevan...
OSCE Office in Yerevan co-organizes international workshop on education reform in Armenia
Publishing date: 5 April 2006
YEREVAN, 5 April 2006- An international workshop aiming to help further reform in Armenia's education system has attracted more than 80 officials and international experts from Norway, Serbia, Latvia and Georgia...
OSCE Office in Baku concerned about closed-door court proceedings against opposition youth activists
Publishing date: 5 April 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
BAKU, 5 April 2006- The Head of the OSCE Office in Baku is concerned about a court decision to close the trial of Yeni Fikir (New Thinking) student group leaders to the public...
Boost for mine detection in Tajikistan- OSCE, UN open dog training centre
Publishing date: 4 April 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Arms control
DUSHANBE, 4 April 2006- A new centre for training dogs that will help detect landmines opened today in Rudaki, in the barracks of an Engineering Battalion of the Tajik Defence Ministry, some 15 km from the capital Dushanbe. It will have...
OSCE media freedom representative and ambassadors address hate speech issues at Budapest conference
Publishing date: 3 April 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Hate speech, Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 3 April 2006- Moderated by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, a panel of OSCE Ambassadors discussed hate speech definitions and practices, as well as issues that have emerged from the recent cartoon controversy...
OSCE Office co-hosts conference on return and reintegration of migrants in Armenia
Publishing date: 3 April 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Economic activities
YEREVAN, 3 April 2006- Support for sustainable return and reintegration through economic development will be the focus of a conference that opens tomorrow in Yerevan. The two-day event...
OSCE Chairman calls on Uzbekistan to make domestic reforms and strengthen civil society
Publishing date: 2 April 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
TASHKENT, 1 April 2006- On the final stop of his visit to Central Asia to strengthen its relations with the OSCE, the Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, met top officials and civil society representatives in Uzbekistan...