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OSCE Centre promotes community policing in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 26 April 2004
ALMATY, 26 April 2004- Police officers and NGO representatives from Kazakhstan will take part in a three-week community relations training programme in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, sponsored by the OSCE Centre in Almaty. The event is designed to further...
Kosovo Media Commissioner looks into TV stations during March violence
Publishing date: 23 April 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Media freedom and development
PRISTINA, 23 April 2004- Prudent, calm and accurate journalism might have prevented or at least lessened the scale and intensity of the violence that occurred in Kosovo in mid-March, the Temporary Media Commissioner, Robert Gillette, said...
OSCE Office holds discussion on draft law on rallies in Armenia
Publishing date: 23 April 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
YEREVAN, 23 April 2004- A roundtable on the draft law on public gatherings and rallies, organized with the help of the OSCE Office in Yerevan and the Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation-Armenia (OSI AFA), was held on Thursday in Yerevan....
Head of OSCE Skopje Mission stresses importance of second round of presidential elections
Publishing date: 23 April 2004
SKOPJE, 23 April 2004- The Head of the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje, Ambassador Carlos Pais, stressed the importance of a successful and democratic second round of presidential elections in meetings with representatives of the four...
OSCE free media representative finds Kosovo press coverage of March violence "reckless and sensationalist"
Publishing date: 22 April 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 22 April 2004- The recent violence in Kosovo might have been avoided without the "reckless and sensationalist reporting" by local media, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, said today...
OSCE High Commissioner visits Serbia and Montenegro, discusses national minority rights
Publishing date: 22 April 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: National minority issues
BELGRADE, 22 April 2004- Following meetings in Belgrade today, the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Rolf Ekeus, commended Serbia and Montenegro's authorities for the progress achieved in protecting national minorities...
OSCE Office in Baku marks Earth Day
Publishing date: 22 April 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
BAKU, 22 April 2004- A series of events and outdoor activities for Azerbaijani children, aimed at teaching them to understand the global environmental challenges and to be more responsible towards nature, were held today to mark Earth Day...