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OSCE Mission concerned over prison sentence for Croatian journalist on libel charges
Publishing date: 11 February 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development
ZAGREB, 11 February 2005- The OSCE Mission to Croatia has expressed concern at the latest decision by the Split County Court to uphold a prison sentence given to a Croatian journalist for libel. Ljubica Letinic recently lost her appeal...
OSCE Office presents study on development of Armenia's remote Syunik province
Publishing date: 11 February 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
YEREVAN, 11 February 2005- The OSCE Office in Yerevan yesterday presented the report of a year-long study of the social-economic development of Armenia's most remote province, Syunik. "There is a certain progress...
OSCE Mission trains Moldovan police officers in fighting human trafficking
Publishing date: 11 February 2005
CHISINAU, 11 February 2005- The OSCE Mission to Moldova has awarded certificates today to 18 Moldovan police officers, recognizing their successful completion of a training course on investigation techniques to combat human trafficking...
OSCE Skopje Mission aids publication of new handbook for local councillors
Publishing date: 11 February 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Elections
SKOPJE, 11 February, 2005- A "Handbook for Elected Municipal Officials" that has been supported by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje will be presented today to the public. The publication provides elected officials within a decentralized...
OSCE Mission trains Serbian legal officials on cyber crime
Publishing date: 11 February 2005
BELGRADE, 11 February 2005- The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro organized a five-day training programme for Serbian legal officials on the increasing use of advanced computer systems by organized criminal groups...
OSCE Minsk Group Fact-Finding Mission visits occupied regions of Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 10 February 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Minsk Group, Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on the conflict dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Conference
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 10 February 2005- An OSCE Minsk Group Fact-Finding Mission visited the seven occupied regions of Azerbaijan around Nagorno-Karabakh from 31 January to 6 February 2005 to examine the question of Armenian settlements in these territories.
UN SRSG Jessen-Petersen sees continued important role for OSCE in Kosovo
Publishing date: 10 February 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 10 February 2005- Soren Jessen-Petersen, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Kosovo, said on Thursday that the OSCE would continue to play an important role in Kosovo as the United Nations presence is scaled down...