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Press statements of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
Free media conference opens in Zagreb
Publishing date: 1 March 2001
ZAGREB, 1 March 2001-- The President of Croatia, Stjepan Mesic, called on media in South-Eastern Europe to be free of politics and said journalists should work to rehabilitate the "partly compromised" profession...
Attack on Croatian journalists condemned
Publishing date: 1 March 2001
What we do: Human rights
ZAGREB, 1 March 2001-- Participants in the OSCE-Council of Europe conference on 'Free Media in South-Eastern Europe' in Zagreb released the following statement upon learning of an attack on two Croatian journalists:
"Censorship by killing" must end
Publishing date: 14 February 2001
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 14 February 2001-- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has issued a call for OSCE participating States put an end to "censorship by killing,"...
Continued concern about investigation of missing Ukrainian journalist
Publishing date: 8 February 2001
What we do: Safety of journalists
Location: Ukraine
VIENNA, 8 February 2001-- Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of Media, reported today to the OSCE Permanent Council on the disappearance of Ukrainian journalist Georgiy Gongadze last September...
Intense public discussion on future of Czech television
Publishing date: 11 January 2001
What we do: Democratization, Media pluralism
Location: Czech Republic
VIENNA, 11 January 2001-- Today at the Meeting of the Permanent Council Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, welcomed that the current dispute on the future of Czech Television...
Freimut Duve is concerned about the media conflict in Prague
Publishing date: 29 December 2000
What we do: Media pluralism
Location: Czech Republic
VIENNA, 29 December 2000-- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Freimut Duve showed his concern about the media conflict in Prague and has asked the Czech Foreign Minister for clarification.
Round Table on Corruption and Journalists to be held in Prague, 4 December 2000
Publishing date: 4 December 2000
What we do: Democratization, Media pluralism, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 4 December 2000-- Experienced professional journalists from Eastern and Western Europe and experts are meeting on 4 December 2000 in Prague for a one-day round table organized by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media.
Conference on mass media in Central Asia: present and future
Publishing date: 15 November 2000
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Digital switchover, Media laws
DUSHANBE, 15 November 2000-- On 14-15 November 2000 more than 90 journalists from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, along with OSCE media officers and media specialists, met in Dushanbe, Tajikistan for an international conference...
Round table on 'journalists in danger' held in Berlin
Publishing date: 6 November 2000
What we do: Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 6 November 2000-- Leading media professionals and officials from OSCE participating States, from the United Nations and the Council of Europe met in Berlin at a Round Table organized by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media...
International and Ukrainian experts discuss freedom of media on Ukrainian TV
Publishing date: 12 October 2000
KYIV, 12 October 2000-- The OSCE Project Co-ordinator, together with the State Committee on Information Policy, Television and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine, arranged for a TV- discussion on free media to be transmitted on Ukrainian TV...