Press statements of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media concludes visit to North Macedonia
Publishing date: 22 September 2022
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media concludes visit to North Macedonia
OSCE Media Freedom Representative welcomes new initiative aiming to strengthen media self-regulation in North Macedonia
Publishing date: 18 December 2019
VIENNA, 18 December 2019 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, expressed his support for the registry on self-regulation of online media in North Macedonia, which was announced today by the Council of Media Ethics together with the Association of Journalists of Macedonia and the Economic Chamber...
OSCE Media Freedom Representative presents legal review of amendments to Law on Audio and Audio-visual Media Services in North Macedonia
Publishing date: 16 May 2019
VIENNA, 16 May 2019 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, shared a legal review with the Minister of Information Society and Administration of North Macedonia, Damjan Mancevski, on the latest amendments to the Law on Audio and Audio-visual Media Services...
OSCE Media Freedom Representative condemns intimidation of journalists in North Macedonia, calls for urgent investigation
Publishing date: 18 April 2019
VIENNA, 18 April 2019 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, condemned the intimidation and threats against TV21 journalists in the municipality of Aracinovo, in North Macedonia...
OSCE Representative publishes legal review of proposed amendments to the “Law on Free Access to Information of Public Character” in North Macedonia
Publishing date: 25 March 2019
VIENNA, 25 March 2019- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, published today a legal review of proposed amendments to the “Law on Free Access to Information of Public Character” in North Macedonia. The review was previously officially sent to the Minister of Justice, Renata Deskoska.
OSCE representative condemns physical attack against journalist in Skopje, hopes police investigation will swiftly bring perpetrators to justice
Publishing date: 21 January 2019
VIENNA, 21 January 2019 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, today condemned a physical attack against a journalist in Skopje last Saturday.
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir discusses media reforms, welcomes positive steps in Skopje
Publishing date: 15 November 2017
SKOPJE, 15 November 2017- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir, during his visit to Skopje today, commended several positive media reforms while underlining the need to improve the general media situation in the county.
OSCE media freedom representative condemns attacks on journalists in Skopje
Publishing date: 1 March 2017
VIENNA, 1 March 2017 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today condemned recent attacks on journalists in Skopje...
Journalists’ safety and media ethics identified as continued top media freedom priorities in Western Balkans at high-level conference in Vienna
Publishing date: 27 February 2017
VIENNA, 27 February 2017- Ensuring the safety of journalists and promoting media ethics are top priorities for protecting media freedom and enhancing comprehensive security, peace and democracy across the entire OSCE region, participants at an OSCE Chairmanship conference on media freedom in the Western Balkans agreed today...
OSCE Representative welcomes decision by Skopje court to drop charges against journalist Jadranka Kostova
Publishing date: 8 July 2016
VIENNA, 8 July 2016 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today welcomed the decision of the Administrative Court in Skopje to annul a previous assertion made by a commission that the Editor-in-Chief of Fokus magazine, Jadranka Kostova, had in the past been a secret services informant...