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OSCE promotes dialogue among government officials and religious leaders on sensitive gender issues in Kyrgyzstan
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 6 June 2013 – The growing trend of early and non-registered marriages, early motherhood and gender-based violence in Kyrgyzstan topped the agenda of a roundtable discussion that took place in Osh today... ()
More synergies through stronger co-operation, Armenian Foreign Minister says at OSCE Permanent Council
VIENNA, 6 June 2013 – While the mandates and composition of OSCE and Council of Europe are different, co-operation can give political impetus and create synergies on the ground, the Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said in a speech to the representatives of the 57 OSCE participating States today. In May, Armenia took over the six-month long chairmanship of the Council of Europe...
OSCE representative welcomes enhanced media freedom dialogue with Belarus, urges improvements
MINSK, 5 June 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, welcomed today at the end of a three-day official visit to Belarus the readiness of the authorities to intensify dialogue and co-operation with her office on much needed improvement of the media freedom situation... ()
On World Environment Day, OSCE Chair calls for greater attention to safety of food and energy sources
KYIV, 5 June 2013 – On the occasion of World Environment Day, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara, calls for greater attention to the safety of food and energy sources. This year, World Environment Day runs under the umbrella of the ‘Think.Eat.Save.’ campaign, which encourages people to stop wasting food and help keep the world’s natural resources safe... ()
OSCE media freedom representative expresses concern about access to information law amendments in Bosnia and Herzegovina
MINSK, 4 June 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today expressed concern that draft amendments to the Law on Freedom of Access to Information of Bosnia and Herzegovina would curtail access to information... ()
OSCE media freedom representative calls on Turkish police to respect journalists’ rights when covering demonstrations
VIENNA, 1 June 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today expressed concern over police treatment of the media covering the ongoing demonstrations in Istanbul...
Detention of Macedonian journalist excessive, says OSCE media freedom representative
VIENNA, 31 May 2013 – The detention of a journalist in Skopje for an article published several years ago is excessive and negatively impacts media freedom, said OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today.
OSCE media freedom representative presents analysis of draft media law to the authorities in Skopje, raises concern
BUDAPEST, 30 May 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today expressed concern that the new draft Law on Media and Audiovisual Media Services would restrict media freedom in the country...
OSCE media freedom representative calls for U.S. national shield law
VIENNA, 28 May 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, in a letter to the U.S. Helsinki Commission today, reiterated her call for a shield law to protect journalists and their sources in light of recent disclosures of state surveillance of journalists’ conversations...
OSCE Presence helps blind people vote in Albania’s general elections
TIRANA, 27 May 2013 – The OSCE Presence in Albania is helping some 2,000 visually impaired people to vote in the 23 June parliamentary elections, by holding training events on the use of assistive voting devices, electoral procedures and access to voting centres. The first course started today in Tirana... ()