News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE concludes training seminars on legal regulation of media on the internet in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 11 June 2019
An OSCE-supported seminar on the mechanisms for the legal regulation and digital security of media on the internet took place on 10 June 2019 in Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan. The event was co-organized with the NGO Legal Media Centre
Detention of investigative journalist Ivan Golunov in Russia deeply worrying says OSCE media freedom representative, calls on authorities to release him
Publishing date: 7 June 2019
VIENNA, 7 June 2019 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir today expressed serious concern regarding the detention of the investigative journalist, Ivan Golunov, in Moscow.
OSCE organizes seminar on new models of TV funding in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 7 June 2019
Funding models for television in the 21st century was the topic of an OSCE-organized seminar that took place in Ashgabat on 5 and 6 June 2019.
National human rights institutions vital to better promotion and protection of economic and social rights, say NHRI Academy participants
Publishing date: 7 June 2019
National human rights institutions (NHRIs) are uniquely placed to monitor the economic and social rights policies of their states and evaluate the allocation of resources to ensure effective protection of these rights, said participants in the annual NHRI Academy, which took place in Venice from 3 to 7 June 2019.
Cybercrime and online child abuse prevention focus of OSCE-supported workshops in Moldova
Publishing date: 7 June 2019
Sixty-two district prosecutors and judges from first instance and appellate courts upgraded their skills in investigating and prosecuting cyber-crimes involving children at two OSCE-supported workshops organized jointly with the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) from 4 to 7 June 2019 in Vadul-lui-Voda, Moldova...
Greenhouse management and farming focus of OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan-supported study visit to the Netherlands
Publishing date: 7 June 2019
Horticulture, greenhouse management, use of information technologies in farming and forming and managing co-operatives in the farming sector were the focus of a five-day training and study trip organized by the Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan for ten Uzbek women farmers to the Netherlands, from 3 to 7 June 2019...
OSCE Media Freedom Representative raises serious concerns about banning of journalist Anna Wilk in Poland from practising profession for three years
Publishing date: 6 June 2019
VIENNA, 6 June 2019 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, today raised serious concerns about media freedom in Poland following a verdict of the District Court in Poznań which sentenced journalist Anna Wilk on criminal defamation charges to a three-year ban on practicing journalism and a fine totalling more than 1,500 euros. Wilk works with the Tygodnik Gazeta Powiatowa, a local newspaper in the town of Wronki.