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Press statements of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
OSCE promotes public access to government information in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 24 November 2006
ALMATY, 24 November 2006- Improving public access to government information at the regional level by increasing transparency and strengthening relations between the authorities and the media is the main topic of an OSCE seminar that opened today...
OSCE media representative concerned about trial of Danish journalists for publishing leaked information
Publishing date: 22 November 2006
What we do: Media laws, Safety of journalists
Location: Denmark
VIENNA, 22 November 2006- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklós Haraszti, said today that he was concerned about the trial of three Danish journalists charged with publishing classified information...
OSCE presents expert recommendations on the digital broadcasting draft plan of Armenia
Publishing date: 22 November 2006
YEREVAN, 22 November 2006- An OSCE expert review of Armenia's draft plan for digital TV and radio broadcasting in the country was presented today in Yerevan...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports efforts to improve access to information in south-eastern Europe
Publishing date: 10 November 2006
SKOPJE, 10 November 2006- How to best help citizens use their rights under laws on access to information was the focus of an international conference that ended today in Skopje...
OSCE conference discusses media freedom in South Caucasus
Publishing date: 2 November 2006
What we do: Media laws, Media pluralism
TBILISI, 2 November 2006- Challenges and prospects for the privatized and privately owned media in the South Caucasus are the focus of the third annual OSCE Media Conference, hosted by the Government of Georgia, which opened in Tbilisi today...
OSCE media watchdog presents report on anomalies in accrediting journalists
Publishing date: 25 October 2006
What we do: Media pluralism
VIENNA, 25 October 2006- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, presented a special report today on the administrative problems journalists have recently faced in several countries of the OSCE region. The paper...
OSCE Office in Baku welcomes Azerbaijani president's pardon of two newspaper editors
Publishing date: 23 October 2006
What we do: Rule of law
BAKU, 23 October 2006- The Head of the OSCE Office in Baku today welcomed the Azerbaijani president's pardon of two newspaper editors imprisoned this year for libel...
OSCE organizes media training programme in Brussels
Publishing date: 23 October 2006
BRUSSELS, 23 October 2006- The relationship between journalism and politics, media laws, investigative reporting, and the role of the media in a democratic society will be the focus of an OSCE training course in Brussels this week...
OSCE media freedom representative promotes media development in Central Asia
Publishing date: 19 October 2006
What we do: Digital switchover, Media laws
BISHKEK, 19 October 2006- Legal issues and other challenges related to the privatization of the media was the focus of a one-day conference today in Bishkek attended by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti...
OSCE Representative urges French Senate to reject criminalization of Armenian genocide denial
Publishing date: 17 October 2006
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media laws
Location: France
VIENNA, 17 October 2006- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media expressed his concern about the French National Assembly's adoption in a first reading of an amendment that aims to criminalize the denial that the 1915 killings of Armenians in...