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OSCE media watchdog welcomes improved climate and work in Kosovo- 'press freedom in good shape'

Publishing date: 27 April 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, National minority issues, Media pluralism
PRISTINA, 27 April 2006- Concluding a two-day visit to Kosovo, Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, said he had been impressed by the progress he witnessed in the province and the work done by media professionals...

OSCE Chairman condemns today's jailing of Belarusian opposition leader Milinkevich and calls for his immediate release

Publishing date: 27 April 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections, Rule of law
SOFIA, 27 April 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, has expressed deep concern about the imprisonment of Belarus's main opposition leader, Alyaksandr Milinkevich, and other activists in Minsk today...

OSCE Chairman commends authorities in Skopje on their reform efforts and encourages them to continue on this path

Publishing date: 27 April 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization
SKOPJE, 27 April 2006- During his visit to Skopje, OSCE Chairman-in-Office Karel De Gucht, congratulated the country on its progress toward Euro-Atlantic integration. He also encouraged authorities in Skopje to continue on this path of reforms...

OSCE Chairman-in-Office sees 2006 as an important milestone on Bosnia and Herzegovina's path to reform

Publishing date: 26 April 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
SARAJEVO, 26 April 2006- During a two-day visit to Sarajevo, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, met Bosnian Prime Minister Adnan Terzic, Foreign Minister Mladen Ivanic and the members of the Bosnian Presidency...

OSCE releases Annual Report on 2005 activities

Publishing date: 26 April 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
VIENNA, 26 April 2006- The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), the world's largest regional security arrangement, released its Annual Report 2005 today...

OSCE Office begins training course to monitor places of detention in Armenia

Publishing date: 26 April 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Policing
YEREVAN, 26 April 2006- A four-day training course to increase the professional capacity of public monitoring groups to monitor places of detention started today in Tsakhkadzor in Armenia. The course, organized by the OSCE Office in Yerevan together...

OSCE Chairman raises rule of law, democratic institutions and economic development with Albanian authorities; urges resumed work on electoral reform

Publishing date: 26 April 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Presence in Albania
TIRANA, 26 April 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, held talks in Tirana with President Alfred Moisiu, Prime Minister Sali Berisha and Foreign Minister Besnik Mustafaj. The OSCE Chairman called on Albanian...