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OSCE Chairman renews appeal to Kyrgyzstan to protect Uzbek asylum-seekers
Publishing date: 24 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 24 June 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office renewed his appeal to the Government of Kyrgyzstan not to force refugees from Uzbekistan to return to their country against their will and said reports that further repatriations might be planned were...
OSCE media watchdog issues report on work of media during Andijan crisis in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 15 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 15 June 2005- The coverage of the events and the Government's handling of the press during the Andijan crisis in Uzbekistan last May are the subject of a report issued today by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media. It provides...
OSCE Centre helps Kyrgyzstan to promote tourism
Publishing date: 10 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Economic activities
BISHKEK, 10 June 2005- The OSCE Centre in Bishkek is helping to promote foreign tourism in Kyrgyzstan in the wake of unrest in March by organizing tours of the country for foreign journalists. A first group of European and American journalists began...
OSCE media watchdog says new Italian legislation insufficient to curb media concentration
Publishing date: 7 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Digital switchover, Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media pluralism
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
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
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 Skopje Mission supports local police efforts to increase road safety
Publishing date: 3 June 2005
SKOPJE, 3 June 2005- A country-wide public awareness campaign to increase road safety began today with the support of the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje. The Road Safety for All campaign is part...
OSCE Kosovo mission supports minority language radio news programmes
Publishing date: 1 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Media freedom and development, National minority issues
MITROVICE/MITROVICA, 1 June 2005- Four radio stations in the Mitrovice/Mitrovica region today started to produce and broadcast daily news programmes in the Roma, Bosnian and Turkish languages, with financial support from the OSCE Mission in Kosovo....