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OSCE free media representative finds Kosovo press coverage of March violence "reckless and sensationalist"

Publishing date: 22 April 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media pluralism, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 22 April 2004- The recent violence in Kosovo might have been avoided without the "reckless and sensationalist reporting" by local media, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, said today...

European experts issue report on Croatian draft law on media and criminal defamation

Publishing date: 21 April 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development
ZAGREB, 21 April 2004- An expert report on the draft Croatian Law on Media and on defamation provision of the Criminal Code has been made public today by the European Commission, the Council of Europe and the OSCE Mission to Croatia. The report was...

OSCE Media Representative asks for charges to be dropped against two journalists in Turkmenistan

Publishing date: 6 April 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media pluralism, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 6 April 2004- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, asked the Turkmen Government to drop all charges against Rakhim Esenov and Ashyrguly Bayryev, who were arrested by the National Security Ministry on...

OSCE Chairman urges Kosovo leaders to show will to build tolerant society

Publishing date: 23 March 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues
PRISTINA, 23 March 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office Solomon Passy, visiting Kosovo on Monday, condemned violence in all circumstances and said the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government should meet their responsibilities for a...

OSCE Chairman welcomes agreement on Ajara situation in Georgia

Publishing date: 19 March 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
SOFIA, 19 March 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Solomon Passy, welcomed an agreement reached yesterday between Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and the Head of the Ajara Autonomous Republic, Aslan Abashidze...

OSCE Chairman calls on Azerbaijan and Armenia to continue talks on Nagorno-Karabakh

Publishing date: 16 March 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on the conflict dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Conference, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed), OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BAKU, 16 March 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, has called upon the sides involved in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to continue dialogue without any preconditions...

OSCE Chairman meets Georgian President, calls for calm in the region

Publishing date: 15 March 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
TBILISI, 15 March 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, flew from Tbilisi to the western port of Poti to meet Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili on Monday and urged him to continue talks...