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January 06, 2011By Vlad Spânu / Washington, DC / Moldova.ORG/ -- Moldovan politicians are competing in calls for the automatic extension of the Russian Federation-Republic of Moldova treaty that is a legal framework for strategic partnership between the two countries...
OSCE media freedom representative calls for end to crackdown on independent media in Belarus
January 06, 2011The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, called today for an end to the attacks on independent media in Belarus and urged authorities to immediately release imprisoned journalists. “I am deeply concerned by the unprecedented...
Hungary’s media laws threaten core European principles
January 06, 2011By Constanze Stelzenmüller “Europe whole and free” owes a great debt to the decision by a courageous Hungarian government to open its frontiers to Austria in the summer of 1989, allowing thousands of East German refugees to escape...
US, EU, criticize Belarus expulsion of OSCE monitors
January 05, 2011The United States and European Union Tuesday jointly criticized the Belarus government's decision to close the OSCE monitoring mission in Minsk that had called the country's December presidential election badly flawed. The State Department indicated...
Ukraine 'Concerned' about postelection violence in Belarus
December 23, 2010The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has expressed concern about the use of violence against opposition demonstrators in Belarus following the December 19 presidential election. KYIV -- The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has expressed concern about the use of...
OSCE Mission to Moldova helps former military officers transition to civilian life
December 23, 2010Moldovan former officers and warrant officers graduated from a course at the Moldovan Academy of Economic Studies held as part of an OSCE Mission to Moldova project to help former military and security officers make the transition to civilian life....
Hungarian media law further endangers media freedom
December 22, 2010Hungary's new media law violates OSCE media freedom standards and endangers editorial independence and media pluralism, Dunja Mijatovic, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, said today. "I am concerned that Hungary's parliament has...
December 22, 2010Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration Victor Osipov has called on the foreign partners involved in the Transnistrian conflict settlement process to enhance efforts so as to release Ilie Cazac and Ernest Vardanean. On 16 December, Vardanean was sentenced...
OSCE and EU assess progress of elections assistance to Ukraine
December 16, 2010An OSCE-supported conference held today reviewed the results of a long-term election assistance project that established a state voter register, trained nearly 90,000 election officials ahead of 2010 presidential elections and supported to the drafting...
The results of the OSCE Astana summit, official declarations
December 10, 2010Chisinau (Moldova.ORG) -- The OSCE Astana summit, did not create the expected results, this are the conclusions of the vice-prime minister of Moldova Victor Osipov. On 6-th of December, the vice - prime minister made a series of declarations and...
