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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...

OSCE Mission in Kosovo holds seminar on investigative journalism

Publishing date: 18 March 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Media freedom and development
PRISTINA, 18 March 2002- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo has organizsed a two-day seminar on investigative journalism. The session, which ended on 15 March, was attended by a group of more than 40 professionals representing print and broadcast media...

OSCE/ODIHR Director concludes assessment visit ahead of Ukrainian parliamentary elections

Publishing date: 5 March 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Elections
KYIV, 5 March 2002- The Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Gerard Stoudmann, today concluded a two-day assessment visit to Kyiv ahead of the Ukrainian parliamentary elections...