News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Judiciary still not fully independent, concludes report by OSCE Mission in Kosovo
Publishing date: 24 January 2012
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 24 January 2012 – Despite improvements resulting from judicial reform in Kosovo, a number of challenges still affect independent functioning of the justice system, concludes the report by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo presented today...
Intellectual property rights in the digital age- new approaches needed to guarantee freedom of expression, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 24 January 2012
VIENNA, 24 January 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today called for governments to reassess protection of intellectual property rights online, emphasizing the potential threat to individual freedoms posed by expanding legal rights and technological restrictions...
OSCE media freedom representative urges Romanian authorities to investigate recent attacks on journalists
Publishing date: 20 January 2012
VIENNA 20 January 2012- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, condemned today the recent attacks on several members of the press during the continuing demonstrations in Bucharest and called on Romanian authorities to investigate thoroughly...
OSCE, US, EU call for constructive action ahead of anniversary of violent protests in Tirana
Publishing date: 18 January 2012
TIRANA, 18 January 2012 – Ahead of the first anniversary of violent demonstrations in Tirana on 21 January, the Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth, the US Ambassador in Tirana Alexander A. Arvizu and the Head of Delegation of the European Union in Tirana Ambassador Ettore Sequi issued the following statement today:
Kazakhstan’s parliamentary vote, though well administered, did not meet key democratic principles
Publishing date: 16 January 2012
ASTANA, 16 January 2012 – Notwithstanding the government’s stated ambition to strengthen Kazakhstan’s democratic processes and conduct elections in line with international standards, the early parliamentary vote still did not meet fundamental principles of democratic elections, international observers concluded in a statement issued today...
OSCE media representative expresses concern over plans to criminalize genocide denial in France
Publishing date: 22 December 2011
VIENNA, 22 December 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, expressed concern today over the approval by the lower chamber of France’s Parliament of a draft bill that aims at criminalizing public statements denying genocides...
Latvia’s September elections democratic and pluralistic, but significant numbers face barriers to political participation, concludes ODIHR final report
Publishing date: 20 December 2011
Latvia’s early parliamentary elections on 17 September took place in a democratic and pluralistic environment but a significant part of the population continues to face barriers to political participation, the final report released by ODIHR concludes...