News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE supports Kosovo Assembly Women’s Caucus in raising funds for women’s health issues
Publishing date: 26 November 2012
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 26 November 2012- The OSCE Mission and the Assembly of Kosovo Women’s Caucus launched today a media campaign to raise awareness about the importance of timely testing and detection of breast cancer and to raise funds for the purchase of a mobile mammograph...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes Skopje authorities’ decriminalization of libel
Publishing date: 14 November 2012
VIENNA, 14 November 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today commended the government and Parliament in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia for decriminalizing defamation...
OSCE media freedom representative, in Baku, highlights to authorities need for safe media environment, visits journalists in detention
Publishing date: 9 November 2012
BAKU, 9 November 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today discussed media freedom issues with high-ranking officials and media as part of her official visit to Azerbaijan, during which she also visited journalists in detention...
Journalists’ safety key challenge to free speech online and offline, says OSCE media freedom representative at Baku Internet conference
Publishing date: 8 November 2012
Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, at the seventh UN Internet Governance Forum (IGF), in Baku on 7 November 2012, said that safety of journalists, bloggers and media activists is one of the main challenges to both a free press and freedom of expression on the Internet...
Head of OSCE Mission to Moldova welcomes release of Alexandru Ursu
Publishing date: 5 November 2012
CHISINAU, 5 November 2012 – The OSCE Head of Mission to Moldova, Ambassador Jennifer Brush, welcomed today the release of Alexandru Ursu, who was sentenced for 15 years of imprisonment in Transdniestria in May 2010...
Greater awareness key to human trafficking prevention, says OSCE Mission in Kosovo
Publishing date: 17 October 2012
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 17 October 2012 – On the occasion of European Anti-Trafficking Day, today representatives of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo called for greater awareness of the threat of human trafficking. The appeal was made during a presentation of selected poems and essays written by high school students from different Kosovo communities on this topic...
Montenegro elections pluralistic with respect for fundamental rights, although confidence-building is needed, observers say
Publishing date: 15 October 2012
PODGORICA, 15 October 2012 – Montenegro’s early parliamentary elections on 14 October took place in a peaceful and pluralistic environment with respect for fundamental rights, although continued lack of confidence needs to be addressed, international observers said in a statement issued today...