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OSCE media freedom representative condemns attack on Serbian newspaper director
VIENNA, 18 October 2012 – Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today strongly condemned the attack on Damir Dragić, director of the daily newspaper Informer... ()
Online media must remain free forum for public debate, says OSCE media freedom representative at media conference in Tbilisi
TBILISI, 11 October 2012 – Online and traditional media alike must remain free forums for public debate, said the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović opening the 9th South Caucasus Media Conference in Tbilisi... ()
OSCE South Caucasus media conference to discuss new-media challenges
VIENNA, 9 October 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović will open the 9th annual South Caucasus Media Conference “From traditional to online media: best practices and perspectives” in Tbilisi on Thursday, 11 October... ()
OSCE Mission to Montenegro condemns attack on journalists in Pljevlja
PODGORICA, 5 October 2012 – The Acting Head of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, Waldemar Figaj, today condemned the assault on two newspaper journalists in the town of Pljevlja...
OSCE media freedom representative, in Moscow, discusses co-operation, media freedom
MOSCOW, 4 October 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today concluded a four-day official visit to Moscow, during which she discussed with high-level Russian officials safety of journalists, Internet freedom, media legislation and ways to enhance co-operation with her office... ()
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes Ukrainian parliament’s decision rejecting re-criminalization of libel
MOSCOW, 2 October 2012 - The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, commended today the decision by the Verkhovna Rada (the parliament) of Ukraine to reject re-criminalization of defamation... ()
OSCE supports broader dialogue on digital broadcasting in Tajikistan
DUSHANBE, 27 September 2012 – Some 80 members of the Public Council under the President as well as invited experts and stakeholders discussed the switchover to digital terrestrial TV broadcast in Tajikistan at an OSCE-supported Social Partnership Club meeting today... ()
OSCE media freedom representative deplores Italian criminal defamation ruling, urges law reform
VIENNA, 27 September 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today called on the Italian authorities to reform libel laws following an Italian high court ruling upholding the criminal conviction and 14-month prison sentence imposed on Allessandro Sallusti, former editor of the newspaper Libero...
Greater independence in public broadcasting and broadcast regulation needed in Bosnia and Herzegovina, says OSCE media freedom representative
VIENNA, 26 September 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ambassador Fletcher Burton and the Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Bosnia and Herzegovina/EU Special Representative, Ambassador Peter Sørensen, today called for legal reforms to ensure the independence of the public service broadcasters and broadcast regulator in Bosnia and Herzegovina... ()