News and press releases

The SMM observed an unmarked military convoy in the eastern outskirts of Donetsk city on 11 November 2014.

TBILISI, 11 November 2014 – Public service broadcasting (PSB) is a vital element of democracy, and an important source of unbiased information and diverse political opinions, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, said in her closing remarks at 11th annual South Caucasus Media Conference in Tbilisi today...

OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Astrid Thors visited Tajikistan, including the Sughd region, from 3 to 7 November 2014. This is the first visit by a High Commissioner to Tajikistan since July 2011...

The SMM continued to monitor the situation in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, with a focus on the implementation of the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum. The situation in Donetsk remained tense. Two of SMM members were held for 2.5 hours at a Ukrainian checkpoint...

TBILISI, 10 November 2014 – Following the detention of Azerbaijani blogger Mehman Huseynov, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today said that the ongoing and increasing number of repressive actions against independent media and advocates of freedom of expression in Azerbaijan must stop.

From 4 to 7 November 2014 the OSCE Mission in Kosovo trained 68 lawyers on cross-examination techniques at training sessions held in Prishtinë/Priština and Prizren...

The OSCE Centre in Bishkek is supporting the participation of the Advisory Board representative of the public broadcasting corporation of the Kyrgyz Republic and the director of the public broadcasting company “Yntymak” in the 11th South Caucasus Media Conference on “Public Service Broadcasting in the Digital Age”, which is being organized by the OSCE Office on Freedom of the Media, from 10 to 11 November in Tbilisi...