News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Special Representative, in Uzbekistan, called for co-operative efforts to stop human trafficking
Publishing date: 13 November 2013
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, in a visit to Uzbekistan from 5 to 9 November 2013, met with key government officials and leaders of non-governmental organizations to discuss ways to strengthen action against modern-day slavery, in co-operation with the civil society...
Georgia should uphold its high media freedom standards, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 13 November 2013
TBILISI, 13 November 2013 –OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today called on the Georgian authorities to stay on the path toward media freedom as she ended her visit to Tbilisi...
To fully ensure free speech in Italy, further changes needed in draft defamation law, OSCE Representative says
Publishing date: 12 November 2013
TBILISI, 12 November 2013 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today welcomed improvements made by Italian authorities in the draft law on defamation, but also pointed to important problematic provisions that still need to be changed...
OSCE media freedom representative meets Serbian Prime Minister, discusses media freedom issues
Publishing date: 8 November 2013
BELGRADE, 8 November 2013 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović met with Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dačić today to discuss the state of media freedom in the country...
OSCE media freedom representative alarmed by life sentences against journalists in Turkey, urges reform of Anti-Terror Law
Publishing date: 5 November 2013
VIENNA, 5 November 2013 – Sentencing journalists to life imprisonment for their work will further deteriorate media freedom in Turkey, Dunja Mijatović, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media warned today...
Kosovo municipal elections- OSCE Secretary General condemns violence
Publishing date: 4 November 2013
VIENNA, 4 November 2013 – OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier has strongly condemned the violence in northern Mitrovica/Mitrovicë that marred yesterday's poll...
OSCE parliamentary election observer leaders arrive in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 3 November 2013
DUSHANBE, 3 November 2013 – Arriving in Dushanbe this morning to lead the short-term OSCE election observer mission, Gordana Comic stressed the important role of observers in electoral processes.