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OSCE representative concerned over threat to media pluralism in Kazakhstan
VIENNA, 29 November 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, expressed concern today that legal proceedings initiated against several media outlets in Kazakhstan might severely undermine media pluralism in the country... ()
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes Italian Senate’s rejection of libel legislation, calls for full decriminalization of defamation
VIENNA, 28 November 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, welcomed today the rejection by the Senate in Rome of the proposal to retain imprisonment for defamation in the Italian Criminal Code...
OSCE Centre holds online media course in Turkmenistan
ASHGABAT, 23 November 2012 – An OSCE-organized training course on launching a website and online newsroom management concluded in Ashgabat today... ()
Self-regulation, code of ethics key to fighting pressure on print media, conclude OSCE conference participants
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 22 November 2012 - Self-regulatory bodies for print media have a key role to play in improving the quality of reporting, protecting media from undue pressure, and increasing their competitiveness in saturated media markets, the participants of an OSCE conference on the state of print media in South Eastern Europe concluded today... ()
Italy should not jail journalists for libel says OSCE media freedom representative
VIENNA, 16 November 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, expressed concern today over pending legislation that would make imprisonment a penalty for criminal libel in Italy...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes Skopje authorities’ decriminalization of libel
VIENNA, 14 November 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today commended the government and Parliament in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia for decriminalizing defamation... ()
OSCE media freedom office and Azerbaijan Press Council hold training on safety of journalists, access to information
BAKU, 13 November 2012 – Training courses for journalists, law enforcement officers and government spokespersons in Azerbaijan held by the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media to promote the safety of reporters and public access to official information concluded today...
OSCE media freedom representative, in Baku, highlights to authorities need for safe media environment, visits journalists in detention
BAKU, 9 November 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today discussed media freedom issues with high-ranking officials and media as part of her official visit to Azerbaijan, during which she also visited journalists in detention... ()
OSCE Centre assists in modernizing journalism education in Turkmenistan
ASHGABAT, 7 November 2012 – Journalism instructors from the Institute of International Relations of Turkmenistan’s Foreign Ministry and the Magtymguly Turkmen State University discussed modern standards and methods of teaching journalism at an OSCE-organized seminar that took place in Ashgabat today... ()