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Archaeological camp brings together young people in Kosovo

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A two-week Archaeological Youth Camp, organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo and the Kosovo Archaeological Institute, brought together 20 young people from Kosovo Albanian, Serbian, Roma and Turkish communities.

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Participants during a roundtable discussion on the misuse of new payment methods for money laundering, organized by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, Kyiv, 8 September 2011.

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Crime scene investigation training at the Kosovo Centre for Public Safety Education and Development

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Irena Hadziabdic (c) of the Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina, speaking at the seminar on increasing the accuracy of voter registers, Warsaw, 31 August 2011.

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The train pulls into the main station at Odessa, just after midday, and is prepared for the journey back at 5.11pm. The reopening of the route is just one step in a process long supported by the OSCE. Not only does this part of the process make an important difference to the everyday lives of the people who live in the region, it also proves a point – that through dialogue and co-operation, real progress can be made towards a lasting solution for Transdniestria.

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The resumption of the route in October 2010, after a four-year hiatus, was welcomed by the OSCE Mission to Moldova. The mission is mandated to secure a final, comprehensive, and durable settlement of the Transdniestrian conflict.

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Political tensions forced the closure of the service in 2006. Public transport was limited to bus services, and trains which diverted around Transdniestria, causing a huge increase in journey time. Tensions between the sides to the conflict have occurred since the 1992 ceasefire, prompting a response from the international community.

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Chişinău Railway Station in the Moldovan capital provides the starting point for the 180km journey to Odessa – which passes through the heart of the Transdniestrian region. The region saw intense fighting in 1992, following the breakup of the Soviet Union, over control of the area mostly situated between the left bank of the Dniestr/Nistru River and the border with Ukraine.

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International mediators, including the OSCE, supported the political process by which the route was reopened. Official negotiations have been held in the so-called 5+2 format – with Moldova and Transdniestria as parties to the conflict, the OSCE, Russia and Ukraine as intermediaries, plus the United States and the European Union as observers. The talks have recently resumed on a formal basis, after official negotiations were broken off in 2006.

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The statue of Stephen the Great in the centre of Chisinau, 29 August 2011.

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An archaeologist teaches a student how to level the ground.

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An exposed part of the dig at Ulpiana shows a recently-fixed sarcophagus cover.