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Kazakhstani journalists win OSCE awards for reporting on criminal justice reform
Publishing date: 29 December 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Rule of law
ALMATY, 29 December 2005- Three journalists today received awards for their reporting on lay participation in administration of justice in Kazakhstan as part of a competition organized by the OSCE Centre in Almaty and...
OSCE Centre supports environmental journalism in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 29 December 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Environmental activities
ASHGABAD, 29 December 2005- Staff members of the OSCE Centre in Ashgabad today took part in an award ceremony for journalists from Turkmenistan, who took part and won prizes at the Fifth Central Asian Festival of Environmental Journalism...
Joint statement by three special rapporteurs on freedom of expression
Publishing date: 28 December 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 28 December 2005- The special rapporteurs on freedom of expression, from the UN, the OSCE and the OAS, issued a joint declaration on the Internet and freedom of expression and on the need to protect civil liberties in the fight against terrorism.
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports strengthening of independent judiciary in the country
Publishing date: 28 December 2005
SKOPJE, 28 December 2005- Increasing the transparency and independence of the judicial system was the goal of an OSCE-sponsored workshop that ended in Skopje. Thirty-five participants, including...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports mediation training in remote village of Urvic
Publishing date: 27 December 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
SKOPJE, 27 December 2005- Improving communication between school management and parents, and raising public awareness on the decentralization of education in rural communities was the aim of a series of OSCE workshops in the remote village of Urvic...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports improvement of police oversight mechanism
Publishing date: 22 December 2005
SKOPJE, 22 December, 2005- Improvements to the national police oversight mechanism and the need for an independent external oversight body, fully consistent with European standards, were among the recommendations in a recent report by the OSCE...
OSCE Chairmanship welcomes approval of 2006 budget by participating States
Publishing date: 20 December 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
VIENNA, 20 December 2005- The Slovenian Chairmanship today welcomed the decision, at a special meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council, to approve the Unified Budget for 2006, amounting to 168.2 million EUR...