News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre in Dushanbe concerned at shutdown of private printing house by tax authorities
Publishing date: 25 August 2004
DUSHANBE, 25 August 2004- The OSCE Centre in Dushanbe noted with concern the closure of the private printing house ''Jonkhon'' by the Tax Administration of Tajikistan. This closure was a result...
OSCE Media Representative concerned over size of libel case fine in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 22 July 2004
VIENNA, 22 July 2004- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, is concerned about the high level of a fine imposed on the Kazakh weekly newspaper Assandi-Times, and has raised the case with Kasymzhomart Tokayev...
OSCE Office: A professional and impartial media is driving force for democracy in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 22 July 2004
BAKU, 22 July 2004- "A free, responsible and pluralistic press is vitally important for Azerbaijan's democratic future," the OSCE Office in Baku said today on the occasion of the country's National Press Day. "This event is an opportunity for all of...
OSCE Mission Head inaugurates Kosovo's new multi-ethnic TV station
Publishing date: 12 July 2004
PRISTINA, 12 July 2004- Pascal Fieschi, the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, today opened the first multi-ethnic private TV station in Kosovo, in the municipality of Strpce/Shterpce. TV Herc, brings together Kosovo Serbs and Kosovo Albanians in a...
OSCE Media Representative asks Hungary and Poland to remove prison sentences from libel law
Publishing date: 9 July 2004
VIENNA, 9 July 2004- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, has raised with the Justice Ministers in both Hungary and Poland several recent cases of journalists being sentenced to prison for libel...
OSCE event in Armenia discusses prevention of money laundering, terrorism financing
Publishing date: 7 July 2004
YEREVAN, 7 July 2004- An OSCE meeting on preventing money laundering and the financing of terrorism brought together leading Armenian decision-makers today in Yerevan. Armenian General Prosecutor Aghvan Hovsepyan joined about 30 parliamentarians and a...
OSCE Media Representative concerned about deportation of journalist from Belarus
Publishing date: 23 June 2004
VIENNA, 23 June 2004- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, has expressed his serious concern about the decision on 21 June by the Belarusian security services, the KGB, to deport Mihail Padalyak, a journalist from the...