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Press statements of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
Freimut Duve: Free media non-existent in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 30 April 2002
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom on the internet, Media pluralism
Location: Turkmenistan
VIENNA, 30 April 2002- In light of the several cases of media harassment recently reported in Turkmenistan, OSCE's Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, said the country lacks any freedom of expression. In a letter...
OSCE Representative on Media Freedom asks Berlusconi for clarification
Publishing date: 23 April 2002
What we do: Media pluralism, Safety of journalists
Location: Italy
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
What we do: Media laws, Media pluralism
Location: Italy
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...
Russia will have a future only with freedom of media, says OSCE media representative
Publishing date: 17 January 2002
What we do: Media pluralism
Location: Russia
VIENNA, 17 January 2002- The events surrounding one of the Russian Federation's main private television companies, TV-6, continue to be of great concern to the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve...
OSCE Media Representative to hold discussions with journalists in Skopje
Publishing date: 10 September 2001
What we do: Media laws, National minority issues, Media pluralism, Safety of journalists
Location: North Macedonia
VIENNA, 10 September 2001 (OSCE)-- For 13 September 2001, Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, has invited journalists and editors for a one day conference on the tasks, the chances and the challenges of free journalism...
Freimut Duve: independent newspaper confiscated in Belarus
Publishing date: 21 August 2001
What we do: Media pluralism
Location: Belarus
VIENNA, 21 August 2001 (OSCE)-- On 17 August, 400,000 copies of a special issue of the independent Belarus newspaper Nasha Svaboda were confiscated at the private publishing house Magic in Minsk by police from the Committee for Financial...
Authors from Belgrade, Zagreb, Sarajevo to meet in Tuzla, 4 July
Publishing date: 2 July 2001
What we do: Democratization, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 2 July 2001 (OSCE)-- At the invitation of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, the three founders of the initiative Gruppe 99 will meet in Tuzla on 4 July to lecture and take part in discussions...
Continued concern about harassment of media in Belarus
Publishing date: 22 June 2001
What we do: Media pluralism, Safety of journalists
Location: Belarus
VIENNA, 22 June 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has noted the following cases of media harassment in Belarus:
Freedom of media: Italy's solution will be a precedent
Publishing date: 22 June 2001
What we do: Media pluralism, Media self-regulation
Location: Italy
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
OSCE mobile.culture.container project opens in Tuzla
Publishing date: 6 June 2001
What we do: Democratization, Media pluralism
TUZLA, 6 June 2001 (OSCE)-- Today, Freimut Duve, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, inaugurated the 'mobile.culture.container' project in Tuzla, in the north of Bosnia and Herzegovina...