News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Media Freedom Representative deplores detention of journalists in Belarus
Publishing date: 17 May 2021
VIENNA, 17 May 2021 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Teresa Ribeiro, deplores the latest imprisonment of several journalists in Belarus.
A bleak picture when looking at media freedom in region, said OSCE Media Freedom Representative Ribeiro at Permanent Council meeting in Vienna
Publishing date: 13 May 2021
VIENNA, 13 May 2021 – When looking at media freedom in the OSCE region, I see a bleak picture, said OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Teresa Ribeiro. She presented her first biannual report to the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna today...
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media meets with Deputy Head of Delegation of Lithuania
Publishing date: 7 May 2021
On 7 May 2021, Teresa Ribeiro, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM) met with Dangira West, Chargé d’affaires a.i. of the Lithuanian Delegation, to discuss media freedom in Lithuania and the broader OSCE region.
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media meets with Chargé d'Affaires of the Permanent Mission of Greece to the OSCE
Publishing date: 7 May 2021
On 5 May, Teresa Ribeiro, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM), met with Chargé d'Affaires Georgios Daskalopoulos, to discuss media freedom developments and challenges in Greece.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro works with NGOs to improve accessibility on polling day
Publishing date: 7 May 2021
Representative from the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, the Association of Youth with Disabilities and the Union of the Blind of Montenegro worked together to produce guidelines for municipal electoral commissions on improving accessibility of polling stations.
Press Statement of Special Representative Grau after the regular Meeting of Trilateral Contact Group on 28 April 2021
Publishing date: 29 April 2021
KYIV, 29 April 2021 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Ambassador Heidi Grau, made the following statement to the press after the regular meetings of the TCG and its Working Groups held through video conferencing:..
Good lawmaking a cornerstone of democracy and human rights protection, OSCE leaders say
Publishing date: 26 April 2021
VIENNA/WARSAW, 26 April 2021 – Transparent, inclusive lawmaking is vital to underpin democracies and the principles on which they are built, OSCE leaders said as a two-day meeting to discuss topics including the challenges and opportunities of crafting laws in periods of crisis opened today...