Organization for Security and Co-operation in EuropePress releases and media advisories
Unity to remain at all times: OSCE Mission commemorates 50th anniversary of the Skopje earthquake
SKOPJE, 26 July 2013 – Only twenty seconds altered the future of the city: on this day in 1963, Skopje was hit by a massive earthquake, killing more than a thousand people and destroying or damaging eighty percent of all buildings. Today, as the OSCE Mission to Skopje commemorates the 50th anniversary of the disaster, the Acting Head of Mission, Ambassador Marianne Berecz, stressed that the solidarity demonstrated at that difficult time should serve as an inspiration for the future...
OSCE media freedom representative alarmed by court decision in Skopje to continue detention of journalist
VIENNA, 25 July 2013 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today condemned the continued pre-trial detention of investigative journalist, Tomislav Kezarovski in Skopje... ()
OSCE Mission to Montenegro Head condemns violent disruption of pride parade in Budva as threat to freedom of assembly
PODGORICA, 24 July 2013 – The Head of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro Ljubomir Kopaj said today’s attacks on participants of the pride parade in Budva represent a threat to the freedom of peaceful assembly... ()
Investigating and prosecuting human trafficking in focus of OSCE training in Turkmenistan
ASHGABAT, 24 July 2013 – Investigating and prosecuting human trafficking crimes was in focus of an OSCE-organized training course that concluded in Ashgabat today... ()
Prevention of illicit drug trade on Internet to be discussed at OSCE conference in Vienna tomorrow
VIENNA, 24 July 2013 – Representatives of OSCE participating States, international organizations, civil society and the private sector will meet tomorrow in Vienna for a two-day conference on prevention of illicit drug trade on the Internet... ()
OSCE media freedom representative warns UK, Internet filtering ineffective, open to abuse
VIENNA, 23 July 2013 –Proposals by UK Prime Minister David Cameron to impose default Internet filtering for adult and sensitive subjects is ineffective and could be open to abuse, said OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today...
US government must safeguard journalists’ right to protect confidential sources, says OSCE media freedom representative
VIENNA, 23 July 2013 –OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed her concern that the US government is forcing a reporter to testify in a criminal trial of a former Central Intelligence Agency official charged with disclosing classified information...
OSCE media freedom representative condemns attacks on Ukrainian journalists, calls on authorities to enhance safety of media professionals
VIENNA, 23 July 2013 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today condemned the recent attacks on Ukrainian journalists... ()
OSCE media freedom representative presents analysis of latest draft media law to authorities in Skopje, problematic provisions need to be changed
VIENNA, 22 July 2013 – Following a legal review of the latest draft Law on Media and Audiovisual Media Services, the OSCE media freedom Representative Dunja Mijatović welcomed the efforts by the authorities in Skopje to harmonize the law with international standards, including OSCE commitments to media freedom and expressed concern about some remaining problematic provisions...