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Den Haag – Von der "Dienstmagd mit dem Milchkrug" bis zum "Mädchen mit dem Perlenohrring" - alle 36 erhaltenen Gemälde von Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) können jetzt in einem digitalen Museum weltweit und kostenlos betrachtet werden.

Mali Culture - Après le bouleversement socioculturel postcolonial en Afrique, la caste des griots est peu à peu devenue une caste de musiciens...

405110 Anna Vorobeva OSCE Mission to Moldova

The OSCE Mission to Moldova accompanied and supported a Moldovan delegation to the plenary meeting of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) held under the Alliance’s Italian Chairmanship in Ferrara, Italy, from 27 to 29 November 2018. The event brought together more than 200 experts and governmental representatives from around the world to discuss ways to promote Holocaust education, remembrance and research.

The Moldovan delegation included a representative from the Jewish Community of Moldova and state officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, the Ministry of Education, Culture and Research, as well as the Agency for Inter-ethnic Relations.

During the plenary, the Moldovan delegation updated participants on the progress in implementing the 2017-2019 Action Plan on Holocaust Remembrance and Education, which seeks to increase awareness and understanding of the Holocaust in the local context. The delegation, among other things, also attended IHRA Working group meetings on Memorials and museums, Education, as well as the Committee on Anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial.

“Participation in the IHRA plenary meetings allowed our delegation to learn first-hand about other countries' experiences and good practices in combating anti-Semitism and fostering Holocaust remembrance and education, which we will use when advancing our national action plan,” the head of the Moldovan delegation to IHRA, Ambassador–at-Large Larisa Miculet, said.

Moldova joined the IHRA as an observer country in 2014. Three years later the Moldovan Government adopted an Action Plan the field of Holocaust education and remembrance to support an open discussion about painful periods of the country’s history and to promote a culture of tolerance.

The Government has been co-operating with the OSCE Mission to implement some aspects of the Action Plan, in particular reviewing the school curricula and textbooks to accurately reflect the Holocaust in a local context, building the capacity of history teachers and opening a Museum of Jewish History in Chisinau.

Előzetes bejelentéshez kötik az orosz hatóságok az észak-sarkvidéki hajózási útvonal igénybe vételét 2019-től a külföldi hadihajók számára – jelentette ki Mihail Mizincev vezérezredes, az orosz katonai tárca honvédelmi nemzeti központjának vezetője egy pénteki moszkvai szaktanácskozáson.

“Az északi hajózási útvonal használatával kapcsolatos jogi vákuum megszüntetése érdekében tárcaközi munka kezdődött az orosz törvényhozás területén, amelynek eredménye az lesz, hogy a hajózás az idegen hadihajók számára bejelentésköteles természetű lesz. A munka a 2019-es hajózási szezon kezdetéig lezárul” – fogalmazott a tábornok.

Az Izvesztyija című napilap szeptember 11-én írt arról, hogy az orosz Északi Flotta korszerűsíti a partvédelmi rakétarendszert az Új-szibériai szigeteken az északi hajózási útvonal hatékony ellenőrzése és védelme érdekében.

“Az Északi Flotta több éve tervszerűen dolgozik a katonai infrastruktúra fejlesztésén az északi sarkvidéken, ami lehetővé teszi, hogy kiterjesszük az Oroszországi Föderáció nemzeti érdekvédelmi képességeit ebben a térségben” – idézte a lap akkor Nyikolaj Jevmenov tengernagyot, az Északi Flotta parancsnokát.

A globális felmelegedés által megnyitott – de az év nagy részében még mindig atomjégtörőkkel üzemben tartott – északi hajózási útvonalon elvileg akár két héttel rövidebb idő alatt is eljuthatnak a rakományok a Távol-Keletről Nyugat-Európába, mint a déli, a Szuezi-csatornán át vezető úton. A Koppenhágai Üzleti Egyetem két évvel ezelőtt tanulmányt jelentetett meg, amely szerint 2040-től már kifizetődőbb lesz a sarkvidék felé navigálni, ha ott a jég a jelenlegi ütemben fogyatkozik. A jelenlegi útvonal mellett a klímán kívül a kereslet, a kereskedési szokások és a kikötők szólnak.

A RIA Novosztyi hírügynökség elemzése szerint tavaly a Szuezi-csatornán 1 041 milliárd tonna rakomány hajózott át, mintegy ötezerszer annyi, mint az északi tengeri útvonalon.

Csuja László Virágvölgy című első filmjét választotta a legjobb alkotásnak a diákzsűri a pozsonyi nemzetközi filmfesztiválon – közölte a Magyar Nemzeti Filmalap hétfőn az MTI-vel.

I live in the centre of Paris so you might think that my weekend was full of danger, fire and fear. That is what my friends and family living far away saw on TV and Facebook, so I had a few worried calls and messages. But let me tell you the truth: it was no war scene.

ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 3 December 2018 – Some 120 university lecturers, school managers, teachers, trainers and experts from all the Central Asian states, Mongolia and the wider region gathered in Almaty, Kazakhstan, today for the opening of the five-day Regional School on Multilingual and Multicultural Education for Integration and Sustainable Development. The annual event is organized by the office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM), in co-operation with the ORLEU National Centre for Professional Development.

Opening the Regional School, which focuses on Central Asia, the Head of the OSCE Programme Office in Astana, Ambassador György Szabó, highlighted the important role of multilingual and multicultural education programmes for the integration of diverse societies. “The benefits of bilingual and multilingual education are not limited to the field of education,” he said. “It is a catalyst for interaction and an asset that permits citizens to find mutual understanding regardless of ethnicity.”

Addressing participants on behalf of the HCNM, Senior Adviser Marc Fumagalli emphasized that the participants’ practical capacities developed during the Regional School and the exchange of experiences between teaching professionals are crucial for successfully implementing multilingual and multicultural education programmes.

Over the course of the week, participants will also visit kindergartens and schools in Almaty that have Uyghur and Russian as the language of instruction and which are implementing or piloting multilingual and multicultural education programmes with the aim of maintaining education in the mother tongue as well as promoting knowledge of the state language, a key factor for integration.

The event was supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan; the UNESCO Almaty Cluster Office for Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan; and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Kyrgyzstan.

Since 2012, the HCNM has been implementing the Central Asia Education Programme which aims to develop bilateral and multilateral co‑operation in the region as well as to improve the education of national minorities and the integration of diverse societies through multilingual and multicultural education.

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404783 Munira Shoinbekova, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe

A five-day regional course, Introduction to Improvised Explosive Devices (I-IED), organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe in the framework of the Integrated Co-operation on Explosive Hazards Programme concluded on 30 November 2018 in Dushanbe. 

The course was hosted by Tajikistan’s Defence Ministry and facilitated by the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe in partnership with the United States Army Central (USARCENT).

Twenty-one participants from Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan attended the course. The course participants represented Afghanistan’s Ministry of the Interior; the United Nations Mine Action Service; Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan’s Ministries of Defence; Tajikistan’s National Mine Action Centre, the National Guard of Tajikistan, the Committee of Emergency Situations and Civil Defence, the Union of the Sappers in Tajikistan and the Norwegian People's Aid Tajikistan.

The first part of the training course consisted of demonstrations of modern personal protective equipment and detection methods.  It was held at the OSCE premises in Dushanbe, including practical exercises with the direct involvement of the participants based on mixed teams.

Tim Gaetcke, the representative of Vallon GmbH, Germany, one of the most prominent manufacturers of metal detectors and dual sensors, also delivered a presentation to the course participants on contemporary detection devices.

Tomislav Vondracek, Programme Officer at the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe said: “Co-operation is the only way forward. The utilization of this learning platform also serves as an opportunity to share knowledge and experiences. We are grateful to our partners, USARCENT and Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Tajikistan for their support and encouragement to continue to conduct such events.”

The second part of the practical training course included a study visit to the Regional Explosive Hazards Training Centre in Chimteppa (17 kilometres south-west of Dushanbe) as well as a practical exercise on IED disposal at the training site in Lohur, some 25 kilometres south of Dushanbe.

Greg Niles, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Chief from the United States Army Central stated:  “Combating the challenges of explosive hazards throughout Central Asia can only be accomplished with continued co-operation between regional partners.  Our long-standing relationship with the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, the Integrated Co-operation on Explosive Hazards Programme has been vital to bolstering partner nation capabilities.”

The next part of the training cycle, the Counter Improvised Explosive Devices Regional Course, is scheduled for 2019. The final training course, the Explosive Ordinance Disposal Level 3+ Improvised Explosives Devices Disposal Regional Course, is planned for 2020.

Erstmals seit dem fatalen Unfall im Juni spricht die querschnittgelähmte Rad-Olympiasiegerin Kristina Vogel live am TV.

Le Conseil national a notamment accepté la surveillance électronique des auteurs de violence.

Die Grammy-Nominierungen wurden verschoben. Grund ist die Trauerfeier zum Tod von Ex-US-Präsident George H. W. Bush (†94).

Am Vorabend des NATO-Außenministerrats kündigt Generalsekretär Stoltenberg "angemesssene und entschlossene" Reaktionen im Falle eines Vertragsbruchs an.

Chrystal Ding is the third winner of the Rebecca Vassie Memorial Award.

A rendőrség körözi a kamerafelvételeken látható férfit. Egy Huawei Mate20 Pro típusú mobiltelefont lopott el az egyik szeredi boltból.

Csaknem száz középiskolát elfoglaltak hétfőn Franciaországban az üzemanyagadó emelése ellen tiltakozó sárgamellényeseket támogató, illetve az oktatási reform ellen tüntető középiskolások – közölte a francia oktatási minisztérium.

Željka Šulc

The second OSCE-supported intercultural camp in Brčko was held from 29 November to 3 December 2018. The OSCE Mission to BiH, in partnership with the OSCE Mission to Serbia and the Education Department of the Brcko District government, organized the follow-up camp to heighten the participants’ awareness of their potential role in promoting civic education, human rights, inter-cultural dialogue, as well as in tackling peer violence and other security threats.

A total of 60 students from Brčko and Novi Pazar gathered for the event, including 40 students who attended the first camp and 20 new students. Meetings with the Brčko Government and Assembly officials were organized as well as a tour of the Brčko District.

“By working today, by speaking out, by making their voices heard, youth can alter the course of events and mould the future of their countries into something that they would be proud to inherit. I recognize that this is not always easy – youth opinions are often ignored, the platforms to voice them are scarce, and the pressure to accept the status quo is great. But words and ideas can really move mountains,” said Bruce G. Berton, Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The programme included thematic workshops designed to promote interaction among the young people and strengthen their resilience to violent radicalization and extremism by fostering tolerance and intercultural understanding.

The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina and the OSCE Mission to Serbia are committed to assisting youth organizations in both countries in strengthening youth connectivity and in creating opportunities for dialogue between young people towards long-term peace and stability in the region.

Suivant le Conseil des Etats, le National accepte d'intégrer l'orientation sexuelle à la norme antiraciste mais exclut la transphobie.