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OSCE promotes media self-regulation in Romania
Publishing date: 31 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media self-regulation
BUCHAREST, 31 October 2008- How to best develop an effective mechanism of self-regulation in Romania is the focus of a roundtable discussion that started in Bucharest today...
OSCE workshop promotes co-operation between state press services and journalists in Armenia
Publishing date: 27 October 2008
Content type: Press release
What we do: Media freedom and development
YEREVAN, 27 October 2008- Helping press officers working for state agencies and journalists to improve their interaction is the purpose of a two-day OSCE training workshop launched today in Yerevan...
OSCE media freedom watchdog condemns killing of two journalists in Croatia
Publishing date: 24 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 24 October 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, condemned today the recent killing of two journalists in Zagreb and called on Croatian authorities to work to ensure that journalists can carry out their work...
Central Asia journalists discuss public-service broadcasting, digitalization at OSCE media conference
Publishing date: 17 October 2008
Content type: Press release
ALMATY, 17 October 2008- The future of public-service broadcasting and how the digital switchover can support media freedom and pluralism was the focus of the 10th OSCE Central Asia Media Conference, which concluded in Almaty today...
Armenian public TV needs to strengthen public service ethos and provide impartial news, says report commissioned by the OSCE Office
Publishing date: 17 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development
YEREVAN, 17 October 2008- Defining editorial lines, improving mechanisms to measure audience needs, ceasing aggressive commercial policies and strengthening news programming are some recommendations for Armenian public TV in a report presented today...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports the development of local television in the digitalization process
Publishing date: 16 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Media freedom and development
SKOPJE, 16 October 2008- How to move from analog to digital broadcasting platforms and the best ways to increase the quality of the audio-visual services on a local level stand in the focus of the two-day conference, which started today in Bitola...
OSCE media freedom representative urges Uzbek government to dismiss journalist's 10-year prison sentence
Publishing date: 15 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 15 October 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, today asked the Uzbek government to review on appeal the 10-year prison sentence handed to well-known journalist Salidzhon Abdurakhmanov...