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OSCE assists Croatia on media legislation
Publishing date: 15 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
ZAGREB, 15 April 2003- OSCE experts held meetings in Zagreb on 14 and 15 April to discuss the draft law on Electronic Media and Croatia's libel legislation. "This is part of the OSCE's assistance to Croatia in developing media legislation that...
OSCE's Skopje mission to co-organize training workshop on human trafficking
Publishing date: 15 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
SKOPJE, 15 April 2003- A three day training workshop to be held in Ohrid this week will bring together about 40 prosecutors, investigative judges and police inspectors directly involved in assisting victims of human trafficking. The workshop...
OSCE-UNHCHR delegation visits Belgrade detainees
Publishing date: 15 April 2003
Content type: Press release
What we do: Human rights
BELGRADE, 15 April 2003- Human rights experts from the OSCE and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) have visited detainees in Belgrade who have been held since the assassination of Prime Minister Zoran...
OSCE Media Representative focuses on freedom of expression in the digital era
Publishing date: 14 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 14 April 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, today published a booklet titled From Quill to Cursor-- Freedom of the Media in the Digital Era. Experts from UNESCO and the Council of Europe as well as...
Kosovo media receive training on political reporting
Publishing date: 14 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Media freedom and development
PRISTINA, 14 April 2003- Today the OSCE Mission in Kosovo is launching a one-week training on story production for television, with a focus on current political affairs. The course, held in conjunction with Vienna-based Österreichischer Rundfunk...
OSCE welcomes achievements of parliamentary election reform committee in Albania
Publishing date: 14 April 2003
TIRANA, 14 April 2003- Ambassador Osmo Lipponen, Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, has welcomed the latest steps to implement recommendations on the electoral process in the country issued by the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions...
OSCE Secretary General outlines Organization's response to new threats to security
Publishing date: 11 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Partnerships, OSCE Secretary General
NEW YORK, 11 April 2003- OSCE Secretary General Jan Kubis outlined the 55-nation security organization's response to new threats to peace and security at a meeting at the United Nations Security Council on Friday. Addressing a high-level...