News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Conference on gender equality held in Armenia
Publishing date: 19 September 2003
YEREVAN, 19 September 2003- A conference focusing on Armenia's policy on gender equality and the improvement of the status of women ended successfully in Yerevan yesterday...
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 Mission sees concession for Croatia third TV channel as increasing pluralism
Publishing date: 17 September 2003
ZAGREB, 17 September 2003- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Croatia, Ambassador Peter Semneby, said he hoped the decision to allocate the frequency of the third national television channel to a private bidder would promote the private broadcasting...
Kosovo media representatives to establish press council
Publishing date: 17 September 2003
PRISTINA, 17 September 2003- Journalists from throughout Kosovo have agreed during a two-day media rights conference to establish a self-regulatory body and to draw up a code of conduct for the print media...
Journalist training on media freedom and responsible reporting starts in Skopje
Publishing date: 12 September 2003
SKOPJE, 12 September 2003- Freedom of the media, responsible reporting and investigative journalism top the agenda of a media training school, which began today in Skopje. It has been organized by the university of St. Cyrill and...
OSCE's Kosovo Mission Head inaugurates two libraries to support education effort
Publishing date: 11 September 2003
PRISTINA, 11 September 2003- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo and the municipal authorities of Lipjan/Lipljan today inaugurated a library in the local house of culture, which will serve children of all communities in the municipality. A similar project...
OSCE Office concerned over closure of NGOs in Belarus
Publishing date: 11 September 2003
MINSK, 11 September 2003- Closure of non-governmental organizations for alleged violations of the law is a continuing concern for international observers, said the Head of the OSCE Office in Minsk, Ambassador Eberhard Heyken, today...