Press statements of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media urges Italian Senate to drop law proposals restricting free flow of information.
Publishing date: 24 June 2009
VIENNA, 24 June 2009- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media asked the Italian legislature today to drop two planned legal provisions that would restrict freedom on the Internet and reporting on court cases...
OSCE media watchdog says new Italian legislation insufficient to curb media concentration
Publishing date: 7 June 2005
VIENNA, 7 June 2005- OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media said on Tuesday that new Italian media legislation introduced in 2004 had not significantly altered the unusually high concentration of ownership in the country's television industry...
OSCE Media watchdog concerned over libel sentence in Italy
Publishing date: 2 March 2004
VIENNA, 2 March 2004- The Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media is concerned about the 24 February sentencing of the Italian journalist Massimiliano Melilli to 18 months in prison for "defamation" by a court in Trieste...
OSCE Media Representative responds to criticism from Italian parliamentarian
Publishing date: 25 February 2003
VIENNA, 25 February 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has responded to criticism from an Italian member of Parliament regarding his position on the concentration of media ownership in Italy. During the...
OSCE Media Representative asks Berlusconi for clarification on removal of TV programmes
Publishing date: 27 June 2002
VIENNA, 27 June 2002- In a letter to the Italian Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Silvio Berlusconi, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has asked for clarification on the recent removal of two political...
OSCE Representative on Media Freedom asks Berlusconi for clarification
Publishing date: 23 April 2002
VIENNA, 23 April 2002- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has sent a letter to the acting Italian Foreign Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, asking for clarification on an alleged statement by him quoted by the European media...
Italy's Media Ownership- A Challenge to the European Constitutional Architecture
Publishing date: 12 March 2002
VIENNA, 12 March 2002- Special attention should be paid to media freedom and the independence of the media in the discussion on a European Constitution, stressed Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media...
Freimut Duve concerned over attack on journalists in Genoa
Publishing date: 27 July 2001
VIENNA, 27 July 2001 (OSCE)-- On 27 July, Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, intervened with the Italian Foreign Minister Renato Ruggiero regarding actions by the Italian police against journalists...
Freedom of media: Italy's solution will be a precedent
Publishing date: 22 June 2001
VIENNA, 22 June 2001 (OSCE)-- On 21 June, Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, spoke at the OSCE Permanent Council addressing his concerns regarding the central task of his mandate: the concentration of control of media
Freimut Duve demands separation between media and politics in Italy
Publishing date: 23 May 2001
VIENNA, 23 May 2001 (OSCE)- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, issued a call to the new Italian Government and to the European Union States demanding a clear and transparent legal and economic separation between...