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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairman-in-Office condemns killings in Chechnya
Publishing date: 9 December 1998
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Assistance Group to Chechnya (closed)
What we do: Human rights
WARSAW, 9 December 1998-- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Polish Foreign Minister Bronislaw Geremek strongly condemns the brutal killings of three nationals of the United Kingdom and one of New Zealand kidnapped in Chechnya....
OSCE calls for steps to be taken in Croatia for media rights
Publishing date: 20 November 1998
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development
ZAGREB, 20 November 1998- The media have a vital role to play in democratic societies. If comprehensive information and a diversity of views are not available to the public through the media, then the quality and responsibility of...
OSCE concerned about the new Serbian information law
Publishing date: 21 October 1998
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 21 October 1998- Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, is seriously concerned with the adoption of the Law on Public Information by the Serbian...
OSCE seminar on conflict resolution in the Caucasus
Publishing date: 30 September 1998
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 30 September 1998-- Mrs. Helle Degn, President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, will chair the OSCE Parliamentary Seminar on Conflict Resolution and...
OSCE welcomes free and fair elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 25 September 1998
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Elections
VIENNA, 25 September 1998-- The final unofficial results of the 1998 General Elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina as issued by the OSCE Mission in Sarajevo today show that the voters have chosen to opt for a more pluralistic political spectrum than was th
New chairman of Independent Media Commission in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 16 September 1998
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media pluralism
VIENNA/SARAJEVO, 16 September 1998- The following statement was made by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Mr. Freimut Duve:
Future of Free Inter-Ethnic Radio Network (FERN) discussed
Publishing date: 29 July 1998
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 29 July 1998-- A donors conference for the Free Inter-Ethnic Radio Network (FERN), Bosnia and Herzegovina's largest independent radio network, was held today at the...