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Chairman-in-Office urges Uzbekistan to allow OSCE monitors into closed trials of alleged terrorists
Publishing date: 2 December 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
LJUBLJANA, 2 December 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, has written to the Uzbek Government, recalling its promise to give international observers the opportunity to monitor trials arising from the violent...
OSCE Mission Head regrets renewed failure of mayoral election in Moldova's capital
Publishing date: 28 November 2005
CHISINAU, 28 November 2005- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova today said he regrets that the 27 November election for the Mayor of Chisinau was again invalid due to the low turnout of voters. He recommended...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator awards top Ukrainian journalism students
Publishing date: 14 November 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Media freedom and development
KYIV, 14 November 2005- An awards ceremony today marked the end of a pilot project by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine providing internships for outstanding journalism students from different regions of Ukraine...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine co-sponsors media forum
Publishing date: 4 October 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Elections
KYIV, 4 October 2005-- The relationship between media, elections and Ukraine's recently-passed election law is the focus of a three-day forum which opened today in Kyiv.
OSCE media watchdog protests closure of independent Belarus daily Narodnaya Volya
Publishing date: 30 September 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 30 September 2005- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, sent a request to senior Belarus officials urging them not to close down the daily Narodnaya Volya. The only independent daily in Belarus...
OSCE media watchdog concerned over situation in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 5 September 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 5 September 2005- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, has said he is concerned about the fate of independent media in Tajikistan because the majority of the independent papers are not published...
OSCE media freedom representative concerned over new criminal libel case involving President of Belarus
Publishing date: 22 August 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 22 August 2005- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, has voiced his concern over a new criminal investigation involving alleged libel of the President of Belarus in animated Internet cartoons.