News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairperson says human rights are basis for democratic society
Publishing date: 12 May 2011
VILNIUS, 12 May 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister, Audronius Ažubalis, celebrating today's 35th anniversary of the Moscow Helsinki Group, underlined its invaluable contribution to the development of civil society that inspired democratic changes in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe...
OSCE Centre supports public broadcasting development in Kyrgyzstan with study tours to Lithuania and Georgia
Publishing date: 10 May 2011
An eight-member delegation from Kyrgyzstan are in Vilnius as part of an initiative supported by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the Soros Foundation in Kyrgyzstan to develop Kyrgyzstan’s public broadcasting service (PBS)...
Press release issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
Publishing date: 3 May 2011
VIENNA, 3 May 2011- The following is a press release issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly on 3 May. The views expressed in this press release do not necessarily reflect those of the OSCE Chairmanship, nor of all OSCE participating States...
OSCE media freedom representative, on World Press Freedom Day, calls on participating States to ensure safety of journalists
Publishing date: 2 May 2011
ISTANBUL, 3 May 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, marked World Press Freedom Day today by urging all 56 OSCE participating States to do more to curb violence against journalists and ensure a safe work environment for the media...
OSCE Office holds training for Armenian Defence Ministry public information officers
Publishing date: 26 April 2011
YEREVAN, 26 April 2011 –– A two-day training course on public relations and freedom of information for Armenian Defence Ministry information service officers started in Yerevan today...
OSCE Centre in Astana supports discussion on draft television and radio broadcasting law
Publishing date: 26 April 2011
ASTANA, 26 April 2011 – Representatives of the legislature, the government, media, civil society and international organizations discussed a draft law on television and radio broadcasting at a meeting organized today by the OSCE Centre in Astana, the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media and Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Communication and Information...
Amendments to Bulgaria's criminal code can curb media freedom, warns OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 21 April 2011
VIENNA, 21 April 2011– Amendments to Bulgaria's criminal code can threaten media freedom, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, said today...