News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Press freedom promoter from Bosnia and Herzegovina named OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
Publishing date: 11 March 2010
VIENNA, 11 March 2010- The 56 OSCE participating States appointed today Dunja Mijatovic from Bosnia and Herzegovina as the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media...
Monitoring crucial for press freedom, says OSCE media freedom representative in final report
Publishing date: 4 March 2010
VIENNA, 4 March 2010- Monitoring of the kind that takes place within the OSCE is crucial to encourage countries to uphold press freedom commitments, stressed Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE's Representative on Freedom of the Media...
OSCE Chairperson visits Georgia, reiterates support for peaceful settlement of conflict, democratic reform
Publishing date: 17 February 2010
TBILISI, 17 February 2010- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Secretary of State and Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan Kanat Saudabayev, during his visit to Georgia today reiterated the OSCE's support of the Geneva Discussions and for democratic reform...
OSCE media representative, other global free speech rapporteurs highlight ten key challenges to freedom of expression
Publishing date: 4 February 2010
VIENNA, 4 February 2010- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media together with freedom of expression rapporteurs of the United Nations, the Organization of American States and the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights released...
Head of OSCE election body concerned about U.S. Supreme Court ruling on election spending
Publishing date: 22 January 2010
WARSAW, 22 January 2010- The director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Ambassador Janez Lenarcic, expressed concern today about the ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court effectively lifting limits for election spending...
Holding summit, protracted conflicts, transport and tolerance among priorities for Kazakh OSCE Chairmanship
Publishing date: 15 January 2010
VIENNA, 14 January 2010- Priorities for Kazakhstan's 2010 OSCE Chairmanship include addressing terrorism and other threats, working to resolve protracted conflicts, reconstruction of Afghanistan, co-operation on transport and promoting tolerance...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes Ireland's decriminalization of defamation, calls for crime of 'blasphemy' to be abolished
Publishing date: 12 January 2010
VIENNA, 12 January 2010- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, today welcomed Ireland's amended Defamation Act which went into effect at the start of the year, but criticized the introduction of a new "blasphemy" provision...