News and press releases

VIENNA, 19 January 2005- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, has voiced his concern over possible consequences for the media stemming from investigations into the disclosure of confidential military information by a Swiss...

YEREVAN, 19 January 2006- Educating the public about ecological awareness is the aim of a new publication, supported by the OSCE Office in Yerevan and the Aarhus public environmental information Centre. Written by professors...

VIENNA, 18 January 2006- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, has asked the President of Poland to pardon imprisoned journalist Andrzej Marek, who was sent to jail on 17 January for libelling a local official...

ASHGABAD, 29 December 2005- Staff members of the OSCE Centre in Ashgabad today took part in an award ceremony for journalists from Turkmenistan, who took part and won prizes at the Fifth Central Asian Festival of Environmental Journalism...

VIENNA, 28 December 2005- The special rapporteurs on freedom of expression, from the UN, the OSCE and the OAS, issued a joint declaration on the Internet and freedom of expression and on the need to protect civil liberties in the fight against terrorism.

SKOPJE, 27 December 2005- Improving communication between school management and parents, and raising public awareness on the decentralization of education in rural communities was the aim of a series of OSCE workshops in the remote village of Urvic...

SKOPJE, 22 December, 2005- Improvements to the national police oversight mechanism and the need for an independent external oversight body, fully consistent with European standards, were among the recommendations in a recent report by the OSCE...