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Who needs to go to a Voter Service Centre?

Publishing date: 16 July 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Elections
PRISTINA, 16 July 2002- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo has noted several news reports that have carried misleading information about the Voter Services operation and who needs to visit a centre...

OSCE Media Representative concerned about criminal verdicts for Belarus journalists

Publishing date: 26 June 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 26 June 2002- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, is deeply concerned about a criminal court sentence of two Belarusian journalists, Nikolai Markevich and Pavel Mozheiko, for allegedly having insulted President...

OSCE Media Representative criticizes list of banned authors in Belarus

Publishing date: 20 June 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media freedom and development, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 20 June 2002- In a report to the OSCE Permanent Council, Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today strongly criticized the recent statement made by a Presidential Administration official in Belarus...

OSCE Chair urges Belarus to make proposals for improving relations

Publishing date: 6 June 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council
What we do: Democratization, Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 6 June 2002- The Chairman of the OSCE Permanent Council, Ambassador Joao de Lima Pimentel of Portugal, called on the government of Belarus on Thursday to make concrete proposals for improving co-operation with the 55-nation...

Multi-ethnic media agency to open in former Macedonian crisis area

Publishing date: 14 May 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Media freedom and development, National minority issues
SKOPJE, 14 May 2002- The OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje welcomes the official opening this week of a multi-ethnic media project in Tetovo, a city of 70,000 people located in a former crisis area in the...

OSCE region has mixed record on media freedom, says OSCE's Media Representative Freimut Duve

Publishing date: 2 May 2002
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, 2 May 2002- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, said the OSCE region had a mixed record on media freedom in the wake of the 11 September terrorist attacks in the United States. "There is a lot to be proud of as well...

Freimut Duve: Free media non-existent in Turkmenistan

Publishing date: 30 April 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development, Media freedom on the internet, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 30 April 2002- In light of the several cases of media harassment recently reported in Turkmenistan, OSCE's Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, said the country lacks any freedom of expression. In a letter...