News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE media watchdog says new Italian legislation insufficient to curb media concentration
Publishing date: 7 June 2005
VIENNA, 7 June 2005- OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media said on Tuesday that new Italian media legislation introduced in 2004 had not significantly altered the unusually high concentration of ownership in the country's television industry...
OSCE media freedom representative concerned over new regulation on newspaper titles in Belarus
Publishing date: 3 June 2005
VIENNA, 3 June 2005- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media has voiced his concern over a new presidential decree in Belarus, which bans the use of the words "national" and "Belarusian" by NGOs and media in their official titles and names...
OSCE Chairman calls for improvements in integrating legal immigrants
Publishing date: 23 May 2005
PRAGUE, 23 May 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office urged the Organization's 55 participating States on Monday to improve the position of legal immigrants and ensure they have an opportunity to become fully integrated into host societies.
OSCE Chairman pays tribute to journalists' contribution to democratic change
Publishing date: 3 May 2005
LJUBLJANA, 3 May 2005- OSCE Chairman-in-Office Dimitrij Rupel paid tribute on World Press Freedom Day to the large number of journalists who have contributed to democratic change in the OSCE region in the last 30 years through their work...
OSCE must play bigger role in ending violence against women, says Chairman-in-Office
Publishing date: 28 April 2005
PARIS, 28 April 2005- Violence against women is not only a widespread global problem but also a major obstacle to women's expression of free will and humanity's progress towards equality, development and peace, the OSCE Chairman said today in Paris...
OSCE Mission says domestic war crimes trials have improved in Croatia but more progress needed
Publishing date: 26 April 2005
ZAGREB, 26 April 2005- In a report on war crime trials in Croatian courts, the OSCE Mission to Croatia acknowledged recent improvements but concluded that additional reform is needed to provide for impartial domestic adjudication of war crimes in...
OSCE model of co-operation on security issues could serve north-east Asia, says Chairman-in-Office
Publishing date: 25 April 2005
SEOUL, 25 April 2005- The OSCE offers a model of multilateral security co-operation that could also be taken up by north-east Asia, Dr Dimitrij Rupel, OSCE Chairman-in-Office, told a joint OSCE-Korea Conference of officials and non-governmental.