News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE media freedom representative commends appointment of supervisory board for Kyrgyzstan's public service broadcaster, urges swift reform
Publishing date: 30 August 2010
VIENNA, 30 August 2010- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, commended today the appointment of a supervisory board for Kyrgyzstan's public service broadcaster and called on the board to move rapidly to provide viewers...
OSCE Office in Baku issues conclusions from roundtable discussion on role of media in elections
Publishing date: 26 August 2010
BAKU, 26 August 2010- The OSCE Office in Baku announced today a number of principles to help ensure equitable media coverage ahead of the November parliamentary elections, following discussions at a roundtable event with political parties this week...
OSCE Office in Baku holds media roundtable discussion on covering elections
Publishing date: 24 August 2010
BAKU, 24 August 2010- A roundtable discussion organized by the OSCE Office in Baku on the role of media in the run-up to forthcoming parliamentary elections started today...
Minsk Group Co-Chairs issue statement
Publishing date: 28 July 2010
VIENNA, 28 July 2010- The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassador Igor Popov of Russia, Bernard Fassier of France, and Robert Bradtke of the United States, released the following statement today...
OSCE Mission to Serbia says attack on journalist must be investigated
Publishing date: 26 July 2010
BELGRADE, 26 July 2010- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Dimitrios Kypreos, said today a violent attack on the columnist of Vreme weekly Teofil Pancic that occurred on 24 July must be duly investigated...
OSCE Chairperson announces agreement on summit, calls Kyrgyzstan crisis a 'vitality test' for Organization
Publishing date: 17 July 2010
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 17 July 2010- OSCE Foreign Ministers meeting in Almaty today reached consensus on holding a summit in Astana this year and reinforcing OSCE assistance to Kyrgyzstan, said the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan's Secretary of State and Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev.
Joint Statement by the Heads of Delegation of the Minsk Group Co-Chair countries
Publishing date: 16 July 2010
ALMATY, 17 July 2010- The Heads of Delegation of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg, released the following...