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OSCE Chairman renews appeal to Kyrgyzstan to protect Uzbek asylum-seekers
Publishing date: 24 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 24 June 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office renewed his appeal to the Government of Kyrgyzstan not to force refugees from Uzbekistan to return to their country against their will and said reports that further repatriations might be planned were...
OSCE Mission, Serb Parliament announce winners of high school essay contest
Publishing date: 24 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
BELGRADE, 24 June 2005- Three high school students today received their prizes in the Serbian Parliament for their entries in the "If I were the Prime Minister of Serbia" essay competition. More than 1,000 students...
OSCE media watchdog concerned about prison sentence for journalist in Russia
Publishing date: 23 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Main Website
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 23 June 2005- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, today expressed his concern regarding the combined five year prison sentence handed down to a Russian journalist by a Smolensk court...
OSCE Permanent Council bids farewell to Secretary General Jan Kubis
Publishing date: 23 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
VIENNA, 23 June 2005- The 55 States of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe bade farewell to the outgoing OSCE Secretary General, Jan Kubis, at a meeting of the Permanent Council here on Thursday...
OSCE Chairman saddened by death of Russian member of Panel of Eminent Persons
Publishing date: 23 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
LJUBLJANA, 23 June 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, expressed sadness on Thursday at the death of Ambassador Nikolay Afanasievsky, a Russian member of the Panel of Eminent Persons appointed by the OSCE...
OSCE Mission and Serbian Interior Ministry hold regional conference on combating organized crime and illegal trade in drugs
Publishing date: 23 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
BELGRADE, 23 June 2005- Developing better co-operation between police services in the Balkans to fight transnational organized crime and illegal trade in drugs was the aim of a conference that ended in Belgrade today...
OSCE Mission in Skopje welcomes draft law on broadcasting
Publishing date: 23 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Media freedom and development
SKOPJE, 23 June 2005- The OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje today welcomed the draft law on broadcasting put forth by the Government, which covers the regulation of the broadcast industry and the functioning of the public service...