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OSCE Representative welcomes court decision declaring wiretapping of journalists in Lithuania illegal

Publishing date: 29 August 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 29 August 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today welcomed the Vilnius Regional Court ruling of 18 August, which found illegal the wiretapping of the telephone conversations of ten current and former employees of the Baltic News Service (BNS), one of the largest news agencies in Lithuania...

OSCE Centre supports training seminar in Northern Kazakhstan on Aarhus Convention

Publishing date: 27 August 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
A two-day OSCE-supported workshop on implementing the Aarhus Convention in the context of the integrated water resources management and the country’s strategy of transition to a green economy, concluded on 27 August 2014 in Petropavlovsk, Northern Kazakhstan...

Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 26 August 2014

Publishing date: 27 August 2014
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
The SMM visited areas in the Luhansk region affected by the armed conflict. In Donetsk the SMM gathered information about incidents against priests from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate...

OSCE Representative condemns attacks on journalists in Russia, calls on authorities for swift and thorough investigations

Publishing date: 27 August 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 27 August 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today condemned several recent attacks on journalists in the Pskov region, in western Russia...

OSCE Representative alarmed by brutal attack on journalist in Azerbaijan, warns of continuing deterioration of media freedom

Publishing date: 22 August 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 22 August 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today said she was alarmed by yesterday’s violent attack on journalist Ilgar Nasibov in Nakhichevan, Azerbaijan...

Critical media outlets in Kazakhstan stifled by disproportionate sanctions, says OSCE Representative

Publishing date: 22 August 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 22 August 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed disappointment at a Kazakhstan Supreme Court decision upholding the closure of Pravdivaya Gazeta for minor administrative violations...

OSCE Mission trains police on good practices in transferring arrested persons to and from Kosovo

Publishing date: 22 August 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Policing
A five-day advanced training course organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo for ten members of the Police Close Protection Unit on good practices in the transfer of arrested persons wanted by Kosovo or other jurisdictions, concluded in Lipjan/Lipljan on 22 August 2014...