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Media commissioner warns Kosovo dailies over inaccurate reporting on violence

Publishing date: 22 August 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Media freedom and development
PRISTINA, 22 August 2003- The Temporary Media Commission has monitored coverage in recent days of the attack on Serb children at Gorazhdevac with particular attention to the factual accuracy of news reports and commentary. At all times...

OSCE brings young people together across Balkan borders

Publishing date: 1 August 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Conflict prevention and resolution, Media freedom and development, National minority issues
PEJE/PEC, 1 August 2003- An OSCE-sponsored youth project will bring together young people from Kosovo and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia for a nine-day summer camp aimed at fostering reconciliation. Thirty young activists of...

Council of Europe Secretary General highlights human trafficking in OSCE address

Publishing date: 24 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Partnerships
What we do: Countering terrorism
VIENNA, 24 July 2003- The Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Walter Schwimmer, today stressed the need for co-ordinated and decisive action by European institutions in consolidating democracy and the rule of law...

OSCE Office underlines media freedom on Azeri National Press Day

Publishing date: 22 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Elections, Media freedom and development
BAKU, 22 July 2003- Congratulating the Azeri media on the occasion of National Press Day, the Head of the OSCE Office in Baku underlined the importance of free media for Azerbaijan's democracy. "This event should remind us of the significance of...

Tbilisi conference focuses on role of media in promoting gender equality

Publishing date: 21 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Gender equality, Media freedom and development
TBILISI, 21 July 2003- Over 100 journalists and media experts from the Southern Caucasus, Central Asia and Baltic States gathered in Tbilisi today for a three-day international conference on the role of media in promoting gender equality. The...

OSCE Media Representative concerned over case of Russian journalists accused of divulging state secrets

Publishing date: 17 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Human rights, Media freedom and development, Media pluralism, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 17 July 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, expressed his concern over two journalists of the daily newspaper Zvezda (Perm, Russia), Konstantin Sterledev and Konstantin Bakharev, who were accused by...

OSCE sees progress on Croatia key laws, urges faster implementation

Publishing date: 8 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Policing
ZAGREB, 8 July 2003- A report on Croatia's fulfillment of its international commitments was outlined to the media today by the Head of the OSCE Mission to Croatia, Ambassador Peter Semneby. The 29-page report details progress in areas under...