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OSCE Centre organizes study visit to Lithuania for Turkmenistan law-enforcement officials

Publishing date: 2 July 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Education, Policing
ASHGABAT, 2 July 2010- Five representatives of Turkmenistan's Interior Ministry and Police Academy exchanged information and best practices in police education and curriculum development during a three-day study visit to Lithuania that concluded today...

OSCE media freedom representative express concern over 'chilling effect' of libel damages awarded to Albanian politician

Publishing date: 28 June 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 29 June 2010- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, expressed concern today over libel damages that a broadcaster in Albania has been ordered to pay to a politician, saying the fine was disproportionately high...

Security co-operation between regions crucial to enhance confidence building, says Thai Foreign Minister

Publishing date: 24 June 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Asian Partners for Co-operation, Permanent Council, Partners for Co-operation
VIENNA, 24 June 2010- Deepening co-operation between regions and regional organizations to enhance confidence-building measures is needed to achieve comprehensive security, said Thailand's Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya to the OSCE in Vienna today...

OSCE media freedom representative calls on Hungarian Government to halt media legislation package, start public consultations

Publishing date: 24 June 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media self-regulation
VIENNA, 24 June 2010- Dunja Mijatovic, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, appealed to the Hungarian Government today to halt draft media legislation that is to be voted on in Parliament next week, and to start public consultations...

OSCE Office in Tajikistan supports seminar on gender-responsive budgeting

Publishing date: 23 June 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Gender equality
DUSHANBE, 23 June 2010- A seminar supported by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan on gender-responsive budgeting and planning for 15 key officials from ministries as well as from the Parliamentary Committee on gender issues started in Dushanbe today...

Despite progress, more work needed to promote role of women in the security sector, say parliamentarians at Montenegro meeting

Publishing date: 22 June 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Montenegro, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Gender equality
CETINJE, Montenegro, 22 June 2010- Although progress has been made in increasing the participation of women in the security sector, more work is needed to further promote their role, participants at an OSCE regional meeting for female...

OSCE media freedom representative asks Turkey to withdraw recent Internet blocking provisions, calls for urgent reform of law

Publishing date: 22 June 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media freedom on the internet
VIENNA, 22 June 2010- Dunja Mijatovic, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today urged the Turkish authorities to restore access to YouTube and other services offered by Google, and bring the much-criticized Internet Law in line...