Press statements of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
Closure of public service broadcaster could endanger media pluralism in Greece, warns OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 12 June 2013
VIENNA, 12 June 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, warned today that the closure of Greece’s public service broadcaster, ERT, could deprive citizens of a diversity of views, and it creates economic hardship for the dismissed journalists...
OSCE media freedom representative mourns death of Karol Jakubowicz
Publishing date: 29 April 2013
VIENNA, 29 April 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today expressed deep sorrow following the death of Polish professor and journalist Karol Jakubowicz who died on 28 April...
OSCE media freedom representative urges broader media access in high-profile German trial
Publishing date: 10 April 2013
VIENNA, 10 April 2013 – Access for Turkish and other interested media at the upcoming trial in Germany of the alleged terrorist group National Socialist Underground would be in the public interest, said OSCE media freedom representative Dunja Mijatović today...
OSCE representative concerned over threat to media pluralism in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 30 November 2012
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...
Greater media independence needed in South East Europe, say OSCE conference participants
Publishing date: 21 September 2012
BELGRADE, 21 September 2012 – Safeguarding and promoting media freedom was the focus of the Second OSCE South East Europe Media Conference that finished in Belgrade today...
Revised Hungarian media legislation continues to severely limit media pluralism, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 25 May 2012
VIENNA, 25 May 2012 – Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media today said that the new Hungarian media legislation can still curb media pluralism and put the media at the risk of political control...
OSCE media representative welcomes establishment of Russian public broadcaster
Publishing date: 17 April 2012
VIENNA, 17 April 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, welcomed today’s Presidential decree to establish a national public service broadcaster in Russia...
Independent broadcast regulators crucial for enhancing media pluralism, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 26 March 2012
ISTANBUL, 26 March 2012- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, underlined the crucial role independent regulatory authorities play in ensuring media pluralism at the opening of a master class on broadcast regulation in Central Asia and the South Caucasus in Istanbul today...
Attacks against Turkish-language newspaper in Cologne, Paris threaten free reporting, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 17 February 2012
PARIS, 17 February 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today condemned attacks on the Paris and Cologne offices of the Turkish-language daily newspaper Zaman and called for a thorough investigation...
OSCE media freedom representative expresses concern over newly-adopted broadcasting law in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 28 December 2011