News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE media freedom representative, in Baku, highlights to authorities need for safe media environment, visits journalists in detention
Publishing date: 9 November 2012
BAKU, 9 November 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today discussed media freedom issues with high-ranking officials and media as part of her official visit to Azerbaijan, during which she also visited journalists in detention...
OSCE trains Kosovo police in drug trafficking investigation
Publishing date: 9 November 2012
An advanced training course on drug trafficking investigation organized by the OSCE Mission concluded on 9 November 2012 at the Kosovo Academy for Public Safety in Vushtrri/Vučitrn...
Central Asian Youth Network participants travel to Vienna to learn about OSCE
Publishing date: 8 November 2012
Five Central Asian university students completed a two-day visit to Vienna on 8 November 2012 during which they learned about the OSCE and its activities...
Journalists’ safety key challenge to free speech online and offline, says OSCE media freedom representative at Baku Internet conference
Publishing date: 8 November 2012
Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, at the seventh UN Internet Governance Forum (IGF), in Baku on 7 November 2012, said that safety of journalists, bloggers and media activists is one of the main challenges to both a free press and freedom of expression on the Internet...
OSCE-supported ENVSEC initiative discusses progress of environmental and security projects in Central Asia
Publishing date: 8 November 2012
A regional coordination meeting of the Environment and Security Initiative (ENVSEC) for Central Asia to discuss ongoing projects in the region and future steps concluded on 8 November 2012 in Almaty, Kazakhstan...
OSCE, Council of Europe, European Commission representatives highlight importance of media freedom in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 8 November 2012
At the end of a meeting with the Azerbaijani media in Baku on 7 November 2012 on the safety of journalists, Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Nils Muiznieks, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, and Neelie Kroes, a Vice-President of European Commission, stated that they stand ready to support progress in Azerbaijan in the field of securing the right to freedom of expression and media freedom, both offline and online...
Good practices, challenges to freedom of assembly and association highlighted at civil society forum
Publishing date: 7 November 2012
Promoting the freedom of assembly and association, as well as the challenges faced in exercising this fundamental right, were the focus of a forum for civil society representatives organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Irish OSCE Chairmanship on 7 November 2012...