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OSCE Mission to Skopje launches project to support access to public information
Publishing date: 23 April 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Good governance
An OSCE-supported project aimed at to raising awareness among citizens about the work of local authorities through improved access to information started in Skopje on 23 April 2013...
OSCE PA deeply concerned about attack on opposition figure in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 23 April 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 23 April 2013 – Violence has no place in a democracy, said OSCE PA President Wolfgang Grossruck following reports that a leading opposition figure in Tajikistan was beaten outside his home in Dushanbe...
OSCE media freedom representative condemns attack against journalist in Mitrovica
Publishing date: 23 April 2013
Content type: Press release
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
WARSAW, 23 April 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today condemned the recent attack on Gezim Bimbashi, a reporter with public broadcaster RTK TV...
OSCE supports implementation of access to information law in Montenegro
Publishing date: 22 April 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Montenegro
What we do: Democratization, Good governance
Implementation of the new Law on Free Access to Information was the focus of a roundtable discussion organized by OSCE Mission to Montenegro and the Human Resources Management Authority on 22 April 2013 in Podgorica...
OSCE helps to promote free legal aid in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 18 April 2013
A roundtable discussion on the draft law on state-guaranteed free legal aid organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana with the parliamentary Committee on Legislation and Legal Reform was held in Astana on 18 April 2013...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes restored access to fergananews.com in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 12 April 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 12 April 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, welcomed today the restored access to news website fergananews.com in Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE media freedom representative urges broader media access in high-profile German trial
Publishing date: 10 April 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 10 April 2013 – Access for Turkish and other interested media at the upcoming trial in Germany of the alleged terrorist group National Socialist Underground would be in the public interest, said OSCE media freedom representative Dunja Mijatović today...