News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Draft Tajik advertising law discussed at OSCE roundtable
Publishing date: 23 April 2003
DUSHANBE, 23 April 2003- Provisions of a draft Tajik law on advertising have been reviewed in an OSCE roundtable in the country's capital, Dushanbe. Hosted by the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe, the meeting discussed the draft law from the point of...
OSCE Kosovo Mission hosts training seminar on economics reporting
Publishing date: 23 April 2003
PRISTINA, 23 April 2003- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo has begun a four-day training course for local journalists concerned with covering economic issues. The course aims to help media look at the basic concept of how to report on economic...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports local media associations
Publishing date: 25 March 2003
SKOPJE, 25 March 2003- A training programme designed to help the development of media associations in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia was launched yesterday by the OSCE Mission in Skopje...
OSCE roundtable in Tajikistan focused on young people's access to information
Publishing date: 13 March 2003
GARM, TAJIKISTAN, 13 March 2003- Problems of young people relating to access to information and to the media were the main theme of a two-day OSCE roundtable organized in the Rasht Valley, eastern Tajikistan. This first roundtable on access...
OSCE Kosovo Mission sponsors multi-ethnic radio debates
Publishing date: 11 March 2003
PRISTINA, 11 March 2003- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo is sponsoring a series of live multi-ethnic radio debates on important issues for Kosovo, organized by Radio Vala Rinore (Prishtine/Pristina-94.7FM), in co-operation with four other...
Russian journalist wins OSCE Prize for Journalism and Democracy
Publishing date: 10 February 2003
COPENHAGEN, 10 February 2003- The Russian journalist, Anna Politkovskaya, is to receive this year's OSCE Prize for Journalism and Democracy for her courageous professional work in support of "human rights and freedom of the media"...
OSCE Media Representative concerned about continued harassment of media in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 4 February 2003
VIENNA, 4 February 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, expressed his alarm today at the continuing use of defamation suits against independent newspapers in Azerbaijan and the growing frustration of journalists...