News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Chairman of OSCE's Permanent Council underscores transparency of Organization's activity in Georgia
Publishing date: 4 September 2008
VIENNA, 4 September 2008- The Chairman of the OSCE Permanent Council underscored today that the Organization had distributed all spot reports submitted by its Mission to Georgia on the recent Georgia-Russia conflict to all 56 OSCE participating States...
OSCE Office-supported conference results in proposals for improvements of licensing of broadcast media in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 4 September 2008
DUSHANBE, 4 September 2008- A conference of stakeholders in Tajik TV and radio broadcasting supported by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan has resulted in an open letter released today that urges the President and Parliament to improve the licensing...
OSCE media freedom representative protests against killing during police custody of web publisher in Russia's Ingushetia region
Publishing date: 2 September 2008
VIENNA, 2 September 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, today called outrageous the killing of Magomed Evloyev, the publisher of the independent news website Ingushetiya.ru, who was shot in police custody...
OSCE media freedom watchdog calls Baku trial 'fake', aimed to discredit opposition journalist and protect his real attackers
Publishing date: 17 July 2008
VIENNA, 17 July 2008- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, condemned today the trial against Sergey Strekalin, who was sentenced to one and a half years in prison for his self-confessed stabbing of journalist Agil Khalil...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes Romanian Constitutional Court's ruling against 'good news' bill
Publishing date: 11 July 2008
VIENNA, 11 July 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, welcomed today the Consitutional Court of Romania's ruling that a draft amendment obliging broadcasters to air "good news" was unconstitutional...
OSCE media freedom representative urges Romanian President to veto bill on mandatory percentage of 'good news'
Publishing date: 8 July 2008
VIENNA, 8 July 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, asked Romanian President Traian Basescu today to veto a proposed amendment obliging television and radio to ensure half their coverage consists of "positive news"...
International election observers to announce findings at press conference in Skopje on Monday
Publishing date: 2 June 2008
SKOPJE, 1 June 2008- The International Election Observation Mission deployed to monitor the 1 June parliamentary elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia will announce its preliminary findings and conclusions at a news conference Monday...