News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre supports discussion on access to information legislation in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 22 June 2010
ASTANA, 22 June 2010- Adoption of a specific law on access to information in Kazakhstan is the topic of a two-day conference, co-organized by the OSCE Centre, which started in Astana today...
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities urges OSCE States to assist Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, calls for independent commission to investigate
Publishing date: 17 June 2010
VIENNA, 17 June 2010- Urgent support is needed to help stabilize the situation in Kyrgyzstan and assist neighbouring Uzbekistan to take care of tens of thousands of refugees, the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Knut Vollebaek said today...
OSCE media freedom representative urges Italy to amend bill on electronic surveillance
Publishing date: 15 June 2010
VIENNA, 15 June 2010- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, today called on Italy to drop a draft law on electronic surveillance or revise it to bring amendments in line with international standards...
OSCE media freedom representative, in speech at U.S. Helsinki Commission, condemns murders and imprisonment of journalists
Publishing date: 9 June 2010
WASHINGTON, 9 June 2010 – Dunja Mijatovic, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, called on governments to denounce violence against journalists, to release imprisoned journalists and to better protect media freedom on the Internet in a speech delivered today at the U.S. Helsinki Commission...
OSCE media freedom representative, in speech at U.S. Helsinki Commission, condemns murders and imprisonment of journalists
Publishing date: 9 June 2010
WASHINGTON, 9 June 2010- Dunja Mijatovic, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, called on governments to denounce violence against journalists, to release imprisoned journalists and to better protect media freedom on the Internet...
OSCE Centre supports Internet training for Kazakh-language journalists
Publishing date: 28 May 2010
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 28 May 2010- A two-day training course to help journalists working in the Kazakh language to improve their knowledge of the Internet and new media tools started today in Almaty...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek launches training for journalists in southern Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 26 May 2010
JALAL-ABAD, Kyrgyzstan, 26 May 2010- The first of two media training seminars organized by the OSCE Office in Bishkek for local journalists and human rights defenders in southern Kyrgyzstan started in Jalal-Abad today...