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OSCE Chairman-in-Office welcomes election of Kosovo president
Publishing date: 13 February 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
BRUSSELS, 10 February 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, welcomed the election of Fatmir Sejdiu as the new president of Kosovo.
Environmental concerns in Ferghana valley to top agenda of OSCE meeting in Bishkek
Publishing date: 10 February 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Environmental activities
VIENNA/BISHKEK, 10 February 2006- Regional environmental and security challenges, especially in the Ferghana Valley, will be the focus of an OSCE and the United Nations Development Programme meeting in Bishkek on 13 and 14 February...
OSCE/ODIHR opens its election observation mission in Belarus
Publishing date: 10 February 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WARSAW/MINSK, 10 February 2006- A full-scale election observation mission of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights has opened in Minsk, prior to the 19 March presidential election in Belarus. The mission was...
OSCE Mission and Kosovo Ministry condemn attack on municipal officials
Publishing date: 10 February 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
PRISTINA, 10 February 2006- The PISG Ministry of Environment of Spatial Planning and the OSCE Mission issued the following statement following the recent attack on two municipal construction inspectors in Klinë/Klina municipality...
OSCE Kosovo mission head congratulates new Kosovo president
Publishing date: 10 February 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
PRISTINA, 10 February 2006- Ambassador Werner Wnendt, Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, today sent a letter to President Fatmir Sejdiu, congratulating him upon his election.
OSCE-backed Skopje conference calls for decriminalizing libel
Publishing date: 10 February 2006
Content type: Press release
What we do: Media freedom and development
SKOPJE, 10 February 2006- Conference participants here have offered full support to the Government in preparing changes in the country's criminal code to abolish imprisonment for libel changes and...
OSCE Centre in Almaty presents handbook on mediation and conflict resolution
Publishing date: 10 February 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
ALMATY, 10 February 2006- The OSCE Centre in Almaty and the non-governmental organization Centre for Democracy Support will on Monday present a new handbook on alternative conflict resolution methods...