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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission supports parliamentary simulation for high-school students
Publishing date: 20 February 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Environmental activities, Education
BELGRADE, 20 February 2009- Some fifty students from high schools in Vojvodina province will learn about parliamentary procedures and improve their communication skills at a simulation of a Provincial Assembly session in Novi Sad tomorrow...
Greek Chairmanship priorities, dialogue on European security featured in OSCE Magazine
Publishing date: 18 February 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Economic activities, Border management, Environmental activities, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Education, Elections, Countering terrorism, Gender equality, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Roma and Sinti, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
VIENNA, 18 February 2009- The latest OSCE Magazine, now available online, highlights the Greek OSCE Chairmanship's challenging start to the year and the results of the 16th Ministerial Council in Helsinki...
Creating effective electronic communication between citizens and state purpose of OSCE seminar in Minsk
Publishing date: 17 February 2009
MINSK, 17 February 2009- An OSCE seminar held today explored ways Belarus can use the Internet to improve interaction between citizens and the state by developing e-government models. The seminar was organized by the OSCE Office in Minsk and...
OSCE Mission to Skopje trains police officers to help ensure safe electoral process
Publishing date: 11 February 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Human rights, Education, Elections, Policing
SKOPJE, 11 February 2009- Some 80 policemen will learn how to better co-ordinate and provide security during the electoral process through training that started in Skopje today...
Ethnic segregation in education must be prevented, OSCE Minorities Commissioner urges policymakers in Skopje
Publishing date: 30 January 2009
Content type: Press release
SKOPJE, 30 January 2009- The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM), Knut Vollebaek, today warned the authorities in Skopje about the negative consequences that increasingly segregated education will have on the society...
EU backs continued OSCE work in Georgia, Czech Foreign Minister says
Publishing date: 29 January 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
VIENNA, 29 January 2009- The European Union supports efforts by the OSCE to find ways to enable the Organization to continue its important work in Georgia, Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg told the OSCE Permanent Council today...
OSCE Office in Yerevan supports anti-corruption campaign in high schools
Publishing date: 23 December 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Education, Rule of law
YEREVAN, 23 December 2008- High school students from eight schools in Yerevan and the Kotayk region learned about fighting corruption during an OSCE-supported pilot course that ended with a closing ceremony today...