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OSCE conference discusses Tajik media legislation

Publishing date: 18 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media pluralism
DUSHANBE, 18 December 2002- "We need to improve our media legislation using the experiences of European and other countries", said Ibragim Usmanov, State Adviser to the President of Tajikistan, at an OSCE-organized...

Kosovo political entities fined for violating financial disclosure rule

Publishing date: 18 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Elections
PRISTINA, 18 December 2002- Elections in Kosovo have reached a new level of transparency this year with strict financial reporting requirements for political entities. However, thirteen entities that contested in the 26 October...

OSCE welcomes hand-over of Serbian broadcasting agency premises

Publishing date: 18 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Media freedom and development
BELGRADE, 18 December 2002- The OSCE Mission to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) welcomed the official hand-over of the keys to the new premises of the recently established Republican Broadcasting Agency. The...

New OSCE Academy in Kyrgyzstan inaugurated

Publishing date: 18 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Personal Representatives of the Chairperson-in-Office, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
BISHKEK, 18 December 2002- A new study and research institute on regional security issues, the OSCE Academy, was inaugurated in Kyrgyzstan yesterday. "This Academy is a unique institution of a new type that will facilitate the development of...

OSCE human rights office provides start-up funding for new Kyrgyz Ombudsman

Publishing date: 17 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
BISHKEK, 17 December 2002- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has provided quick start-up funding for the newly established Kyrgyz Ombudsman to enable his office to assume work soon. The new...

Journalists should not be imprisoned for what they write, say OSCE and Council of Europe

Publishing date: 16 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development, Media pluralism, Safety of journalists
BELGRADE, 16 December 2002- The OSCE and the Council of Europe responded to the imposition of a one-month prison term on a former editor-in-chief of the Montenegrin daily "Dan" by sending a letter to the authorities of the FRY and

Decentralization brings Kosovo government closer to people

Publishing date: 16 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Elections
PRISTINA, 16 December 2002- Ambassador Pascal Fieschi, Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, today opened a forum in Pristina with the aim of bringing local government closer to the people of the province. The OSCE is responsible for...