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OSCE Kosovo mission supports minority language radio news programmes
Publishing date: 1 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Media freedom and development, National minority issues
MITROVICE/MITROVICA, 1 June 2005- Four radio stations in the Mitrovice/Mitrovica region today started to produce and broadcast daily news programmes in the Roma, Bosnian and Turkish languages, with financial support from the OSCE Mission in Kosovo....
Head of OSCE Office in Minsk says sentences for opposition figures unjustified
Publishing date: 1 June 2005
MINSK, 1 June 2005- The Head of the OSCE Office in Minsk, Ambassador Eberhard Heyken, expressed his concern over the criminal sentences handed down yesterday by the Minsk District Court on two prominent Belarusian opposition figures...
Council of Europe Office and OSCE Presence support discussion on code of conduct for Albanian media in elections
Publishing date: 1 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Elections, Media freedom and development
TIRANA, 1 June 2005- The Council of Europe Office in Tirana and the OSCE Presence in Albania welcomed the discussion on a code of conduct for Albanian media professionals during elections by the participants in a seminar on media and elections, held...
International organizations present study assessing human trafficking in Ukraine
Publishing date: 31 May 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
KYIV, 31 May 2005- The British Council, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, UNICEF and USAID today presented a study "Trafficking in Ukraine. An Assessment of Current Responses." The study was...
OSCE Chairman welcomes Russian-Georgian declaration on base closure
Publishing date: 31 May 2005
LJUBLJANA, 31 May 2005- OSCE Chairman-in-Office on Tuesday welcomed a joint declaration of the foreign ministers of the Russian Federation and Georgia on the closure of Russian bases and other military facilities in Georgia, which was adopted...
OSCE Centre raises awareness on fair trials in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 31 May 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
DUSHANBE, 31 May 2005- The OSCE Centre in Dushanbe today launched a project aimed at training professionals on trial monitoring techniques to improve the transparency and fairness of trials in Tajikistan. "This programme has the potential to become...
OSCE praises dialogue in Skopje on draft law on community symbols
Publishing date: 31 May 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: National minority issues
LJUBLJANA, 31 May 2005- The OSCE joined the Office of the EU Special Representative and the U.S. Embassy in Skopje in welcoming the Government's recent agreement on a draft Law regulating the use of Community Symbols. "I acknowledge the constructive...