News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission condemns assault on Vijesti director
Publishing date: 3 September 2007
PODGORICA, 3 September 2007- The OSCE Mission to Montenegro today strongly condemned the attack on Zeljko Ivanovic, the director of the local daily newspaper Vijesti, which happened over the weekend...
OSCE Chairman appoints personal representative for mission to Georgia on missile incident
Publishing date: 17 August 2007
VIENNA, 17 August 2007- OSCE Chairman Miguel Angel Moratinos has appointed Miomir Zuzul, former Croatian Foreign Minister, to be his personal representative in a mission to Georgia on the missile incident that took place on 6 August...
International election observers to hold press conference in Astana Sunday
Publishing date: 16 August 2007
ASTANA, 16 August 2007- The International Election Observation Mission deployed to monitor the 18 August parliamentary elections in Kazakhstan will announce its preliminary findings and conclusions at a news conference on Sunday...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo condemns unprofessional, irresponsible journalism by local daily
Publishing date: 7 August 2007
PRISHTINE/PRISTINA, 7 August 2007- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo issued the following statement today: "The OSCE Mission in Kosovo has observed a worrying development of increased unprofessional and irresponsible reporting by the daily Infopress...
OSCE website gets RSS feeds for news and features
Publishing date: 31 July 2007
VIENNA, 31 July 2007- It is now even easier to keep up with the latest news and features from the OSCE, thanks to the introduction of two RSS feeds on the Organization's website...
New radio licensing law in Greece restricts minority media, says OSCE media freedom watchdog
Publishing date: 27 July 2007
VIENNA, 27 July 2007- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, expressed his concern about a new Greek radio licensing law that endangers pluralism by putting a high threshold for minority, community or low-cost broadcasters...
OSCE Centre supports competitive free media in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 20 July 2007
DUSHANBE, 20 July 2007- Licensing for electronic media was the focus of discussions at an international conference organized by the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe today...