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OSCE Representative Désir met Swiss President Alain Berset to discuss closer co-operation

Publishing date: 8 January 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media freedom on the internet, Media pluralism, Media self-regulation, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 8 January 2018 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir met with the President of the Swiss Confederation Alain Berset today in Vienna...

OSCE Chair-in-Office Kneissl and Secretary General Greminger welcome exchange of detainees in eastern Ukraine, call for full adherence to ceasefire

Publishing date: 27 December 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Vienna, 27 December 2017- OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Austria’s Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl and OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger welcomed the news of today’s large-scale exchange of prisoners and detainees in eastern Ukraine and urged the sides to build on this momentum in order to achieve further progress in reaching a peaceful resolution of the crisis in and around Ukraine.

OSCE media freedom representative protests against continued imprisonment in Cumhuriyet trial, calls on Turkey to stop silencing journalists

Publishing date: 25 December 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 25 December 2017- Following the 5th hearing in the Cumhuriyet trial, OSCE media freedom representative Harlem Désir repeated his earlier resolute calls on Turkey to free all journalists in prison and drop charges against them...

OSCE organizes roundtable discussion on airport security in Podgorica

Publishing date: 22 December 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Montenegro
What we do: Border management
A two-day roundtable discussion on airport security organized by the Border Security and Management Unit of the OSCE Transnational Threats Department, in close co-operation with the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, concluded on 21 December 2017 in Podgorica.

OSCE Representative condemns attack on journalist in Russia, calls for speedy and effective investigation

Publishing date: 22 December 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 22 December 2017 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir today condemned the violent attack on Vyacheslav Prudnikov, a journalist forthe news website “Kavkazskiy Uzel”, in the town Krasniy Sulin in the Rostov region.

OSCE organizes intensive border management training for OSCE Mediterranean Points of Contact Network

Publishing date: 22 December 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management
Members of the OSCE Mediterranean Points of Contact Network on border management and security completed a four-day intensive training course on various topics related to their work on 22 December 2017 in Vienna.

ODIHR presents expert comments on draft amendments to Montenegro’s election-related legislation in Podgorica

Publishing date: 21 December 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
An expert from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) was in Podgorica on 21 December 2017 to present informal comments on draft amendments to election-related laws in Montenegro...