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OSCE Mission to Croatia welcomes start of membership talks with EU
Publishing date: 6 October 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
ZAGREB, 6 October 2005- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Croatia has offered his congratulations to the Republic of Croatia on the start of membership talks with the European Union (EU). Speaking at a ceremony marking the 30th anniversary of the...
Aarhus Centres to open in Armenian regions with OSCE support
Publishing date: 6 October 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Environmental activities
YEREVAN, 6 October 2005- Local public environmental information Centres (Aarhus Centres) will soon open in the capitals of Syunik, Tavush and Lori regions of Armenia with the help of the OSCE Office in Yerevan, which today signed an agreement with...
OSCE Mission publishes human rights booklet to assist Kosovo Police
Publishing date: 6 October 2005
PRISTINA, 6 October 2005- Officers of the Kosovo Police Service (KPS) will now be able to make use of a new human rights booklet, being distributed by the OSCE Mission, which compiles provisions of international human rights instruments and applicable...
Memorial Society to receive 2005 Max van der Stoel Award
Publishing date: 5 October 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues
The HAGUE, 5 October 2005- An international jury, led by the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Rolf Ekeus, has decided to present the 2005 Van der Stoel Award to the International Volunteer Public Organization "Memorial"...
OSCE Chairman underlines importance of reforms during visit to Skopje
Publishing date: 5 October 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Skopje
SKOPJE, 5 October 2005- During a day-long visit to Skopje, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel discussed the progress of democratic reforms in key areas relating to the Ohrid Framework Agreement of 2001, which ended...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine co-sponsors media forum
Publishing date: 4 October 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Elections
KYIV, 4 October 2005-- The relationship between media, elections and Ukraine's recently-passed election law is the focus of a three-day forum which opened today in Kyiv.
OSCE Osh Field Office hosts meeting on business dispute resolution in southern Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 4 October 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Economic activities
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 5 October 2005- Over 50 businessmen and lawyers took part today in an OSCE-sponsored seminar in Osh on alternative dispute resolution mechanisms at the national level.