Press statements of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
OSCE Media Representative asks for charges to be dropped against two journalists in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 6 April 2004
VIENNA, 6 April 2004- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, asked the Turkmen Government to drop all charges against Rakhim Esenov and Ashyrguly Bayryev, who were arrested by the National Security Ministry on...
Journalism is more than a market product, says OSCE media watchdog in new study on media concentration in Europe
Publishing date: 18 December 2003
VIENNA, 18 December 2003- Media concentration and foreign media ownership might turn out to be a structural obstacle for free and pluralistic media, according to the OSCE's Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve...
OSCE media conference in Kyrgyzstan urges journalists to exercise corrective function
Publishing date: 18 September 2003
BISHKEK, 18 September 2003- The fifth OSCE Central Asia Media Conference held in Kyrgyzstan ended today with calls on the media to exercise their corrective function in the economy and politics...
OSCE media watchdog, Council of Europe voice concern on media in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 10 September 2003
VIENNA/STRASBOURG, 10 September 2003- Walter Schwimmer, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, and Freimut Duve, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today made the following joint statement regarding the media situation in...
OSCE Media Representative voices regret that two TV channels in Armenia did not receive licences
Publishing date: 21 July 2003
VIENNA, 21 July 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, expressed regret that two independent television companies in Armenia, A1+ and Noyan Tapan, were not awarded broadcasting licenses as a result of the...
OSCE Media Representative concerned over case of Russian journalists accused of divulging state secrets
Publishing date: 17 July 2003
VIENNA, 17 July 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, expressed his concern over two journalists of the daily newspaper Zvezda (Perm, Russia), Konstantin Sterledev and Konstantin Bakharev, who were accused by...
OSCE Media Representative, media companies, propose principles for guaranteeing editorial independence
Publishing date: 16 July 2003
VIENNA, 16 July 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, together with some media companies, has proposed a set of principles to guarantee the editorial independence of media in Central and Eastern Europe and the...
OSCE Media Representative concerned over Ukraine adopting additional restrictive legislation against journalists
Publishing date: 15 July 2003
VIENNA, 15 July 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, expressed dismay over the decision by the Ukrainian Parliament to outlaw the protection of journalists' sources. On 9 July the Ukrainian Parliament adopted a...
OSCE media watchdog questions suspension of independent Belarusian newspapers
Publishing date: 30 May 2003
VIENNA, 30 May 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has asked Belarus Foreign Minister for urgent clarification regarding the suspension of publication of the independent newspapers Belaruskaya Delovaya Gazeta...
OSCE media watchdog concerned about ownership deregulation in USA
Publishing date: 29 May 2003
VIENNA, 29 May 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, expressed concern today over the effect that media deregulation in the USA, the most symbolically important country for the culture of press freedom...