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OSCE expert workshop promotes voluntary co-operation between public actors, media in the fight against terrorism
Publishing date: 19 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism, Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 19 October 2009- More than 100 experts, government and international organization officials and journalists gathered at an OSCE expert workshop that began today to discuss ways to enhance co-operation between public actors and the media...
OSCE media freedom representative deplores latest imprisonments of journalists for defamation in Azerbaijan, calls for urgent reform
Publishing date: 14 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 14 October 2009- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Miklos Haraszti condemned today recent criminal defamation trials in Azerbaijan which resulted in the conviction of five journalists, with two receiving prison sentences...
OSCE press freedom official offers Russian authorities co-operation on media freedom
Publishing date: 12 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 12 October 2009- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, said today he has offered Russian authorities the co-operation of his office to tackle media freedom problems...
OSCE media freedom representative protests over authorities' actions against one of Kazakhstan's few independent newspapers
Publishing date: 22 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 22 September 2009- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, said today the seizure of all copies of the independent Kazakh weekly Respublika- delovoye obozrenie and the freezing of the paper's accounts...
OSCE Centre opens Aarhus Centre in the Caspian Sea region
Publishing date: 21 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
ASTANA, 21 September 2009- The OSCE Centre in Astana, along with state and non-governmental partners, signed today a memorandum of understanding on the opening and operation of an Aarhus Centre in Atyrau in western Kazakhstan...
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media asks Italian prime minister to drop libel lawsuits against two Italian dailies
Publishing date: 20 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 20 September 2009- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, urged Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi today to drop two civil libel lawsuits against daily newspapers La Repubblica and L'Unità...
OSCE Centre holds Kyrgyz-language journalism training for young journalists in Naryn province
Publishing date: 14 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Media freedom and development
NARYN, Kyrgyzstan, 14 September 2009- A two-day OSCE Centre-supported training course to help journalists improve their coverage in the Kyrgyz language began today at the Naryn Media Resource Centre in south-eastern Kyrgyzstan...