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Radio Television Kosovo Board of Directors to hold first meeting
Publishing date: 25 September 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Media freedom and development
PRISTINA, 25 September 2001 (OSCE)-- The first meeting of the Board of Directors of Radio-Television Kosovo (RTK), is being held today, chaired by Ambassdor Daan Everts, OSCE Head of Mission...
President of the Kyrgyz Republic calls for urgent action against terrorism
Publishing date: 20 September 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
VIENNA, 20 September 2001 (OSCE)- In an address to the Permanent Council of the OSCE yesterday, the President of the Kyrgyz Republic, Mr. Askar Akaev, expressed his profound sense of shock at the tragic events that struck the United States last week
OSCE Media Representative to hold discussions with journalists in Skopje
Publishing date: 10 September 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 10 September 2001 (OSCE)-- For 13 September 2001, Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, has invited journalists and editors for a one day conference on the tasks, the chances and the challenges of free journalism...
OSCE conference on equal opportunities for Roma and Sinti
Publishing date: 7 September 2001
BUCHAREST, 6 September 2001 (OSCE)- Recognising the importance of the Roma and Sinti community, the Romanian Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Mircea Geoana, invited 300 delegates from all 55 OSCE participating States to share their experiences...
Belarus- OSCE Group refutes newspaper accusation of involvement in intelligence operations
Publishing date: 5 September 2001
Content type: Press release
What we do: Media freedom and development
MINSK, 5 September 2001 (OSCE)- An article published in today\'s edition of the state-controlled newspaper, Sovietskaya Belorussiya, tries to implicate the OSCE\'s Advisory and Monitoring Group (AMG) in Belarus in intelligence operations.
Freimut Duve: independent newspaper confiscated in Belarus
Publishing date: 21 August 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 21 August 2001 (OSCE)-- On 17 August, 400,000 copies of a special issue of the independent Belarus newspaper Nasha Svaboda were confiscated at the private publishing house Magic in Minsk by police from the Committee for Financial...
Kosovo Media Appeals Board reviews case of Epoka E Re vs. Temporary Media Commissioner
Publishing date: 16 August 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Media freedom and development
PRISTINA, 16 August 2001 (OSCE)- Today, the Kosovo Media Appeals Board met to consider the decision of the Temporary Media Commissioner on 20 February 2001 to impose on the owner(s) and publisher(s) of the newspaper \"Epoka E Re\"...