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Joint declaration of women parliamentarians calls for 30 per cent female representation in South-Eastern Europe parliaments
Publishing date: 27 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Gender equality
TIRANA, 27 October 2008- Female parliamentarians from South-Eastern Europe urged their respective parliaments and governments to adopt electoral codes to guarantee at least 30 per cent of seats for women candidates...
OSCE media freedom representative calls for broad public consultations on Albania's draft media law
Publishing date: 8 October 2008
Content type: Press release
What we do: Digital switchover, Media freedom and development, Media laws
VIENNA, 8 October 2008- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, welcomed the decision of the Albanian authorities to postpone the adoption of a new Law on Radio and Television...
OSCE Presence, USAID publish book to assist implementation of domestic violence law
Publishing date: 31 July 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Education, Gender equality, Policing, Rule of law
TIRANA, 31 July 2008- The OSCE Presence in Albania and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) published this week a judicial manual that will help courts to implement the country's law on domestic violence...
OSCE Presence encourages approval of Albanian draft law on gender equality
Publishing date: 7 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Gender equality
TIRANA, 7 March 2008- The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Robert Bosch, said today he was hopeful that the draft law on Gender Equality in Society, recently submitted to the Albanian Assembly for review, will be approved shortly...
Albanian civil society organizations promote increased participation of women in elections
Publishing date: 9 February 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Gender equality
TIRANA, 9 February 2008- Civil society experts today prepared a set of recommendations aiming to increase women's role in politics as candidates, leaders and voters. The proposals came at the end of a forum...
OSCE fosters Albania and Montenegro law enforcement co-operation in fight against trafficking and organized crime
Publishing date: 15 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Mission to Montenegro, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
TIRANA, 15 November 2007- Enhancing co-operation between Albanian and Montenegrin police, prosecutors and judges in the fight against transnational organized crime was the focus of an OSCE meeting that ended in Shkodra today...
OSCE event in Albania encourages law enforcement co-operation in fight against trafficking and organized crime
Publishing date: 27 September 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Policing
TIRANA, 27 September 2007- The OSCE Spanish Chairmanship and the OSCE's Strategic Police Matters Unit (SPMU) is holding a discussion forum this week in Albania on the challenges in the fight against transnational organized crime and human trafficking...