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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Croatia must reaffirm its commitment to minority rights, OSCE Mission Head says
Publishing date: 29 November 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, National minority issues
ZAGREB, 29 November 2002- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Croatia, Ambassador Peter Semneby, said today that the Croatian Parliament should adopt a minority law acceptable to Croatian minorities, thereby reaffirming the country's...
Giving a boost to children's TV programming in Kosovo
Publishing date: 29 November 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
PRISTINA, 29 November 2002- Journalists and media professionals from Kosovo, Serbia proper, Montenegro, Albania and Macedonia are taking part in a four-day conference in Brezovica/Brezivice to discuss how to improve...
OSCE concludes course in Turkmenistan on international human rights law
Publishing date: 29 November 2002
ASHGABAD, 29 November 2002- Representatives from several governmental and civil society organizations of Turkmenistan participated in an OSCE course on the international dimensions of human rights, which ended today in the country's...
Fostering regional dialogue through media
Publishing date: 29 November 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Media freedom and development
PRISTINA, 29 November 2002-- Journalists from Kosovo, Serbia proper and Montenegro will gather this weekend in Brezovica / Brezovicë to discuss the role of the media in building inter-community dialogue. The meeting is being held at the...
OSCE offers speedy care and advice to Albanian trafficking victims
Publishing date: 27 November 2002
Content type: Press release
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
TIRANA, 27 November 2002- Legal experts from the newly-formed OSCE Victims Assistance Team were on hand through the whole of Wednesday night offering immediate care and advice to victims of trafficking who had just been sent back from Italy. This...
OSCE Bishkek workshop reviews democratic control of armed forces
Publishing date: 26 November 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
BISHKEK, 26 November 2002- The first of a series of Central Asian workshops on politico-military aspects of security ended in the Kyrgyz capital Bishek today. Opening the two-day meeting, Askar Aitmatov, Minister of Foreign Affairs...
OSCE Media Representative welcomes decision by Russian President to veto restrictive media amendments
Publishing date: 26 November 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 26 November 2002- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, welcomed yesterday's decision by the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, to veto amendments to Russian laws on mass media and on combating...
OSCE launches media management and marketing course in Skopje
Publishing date: 26 November 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Media freedom and development
SKOPJE, 26 November 2002- A two-week training course on business management and marketing for local independent TV and radio stations has just been launched by the Media Development Unit of the OSCE's Spillover Monitor...
Initiating a regional NGO network on anti-trafficking in southeast Europe
Publishing date: 26 November 2002
Content type: Press release
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
BELGRADE, 26 November 2002- Representatives of 23 non-governmental organizations from 11 different countries discussed the creation of a network of NGOs working on anti-trafficking issues in southeast Europe at a...
Seminar in Ukraine discussed public awareness of media freedom
Publishing date: 26 November 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development
KYIV, 26 November 2002- A two-day seminar on "Public Awareness on Freedom of the Media" ended today in the southern Ukrainian town of Mykolaiv. The event was part of a series of seminars held throughout Ukraine on the difficulties experienced...