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OSCE Media Representative concerned over sentencing of a Belarusian journalist, calls for repealing criminal libel laws

Publishing date: 17 September 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 17 September 2002- Europe's top media watchdog, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has expressed his concern today about the sentencing of the Belarusian journalist, Viktor Ivashkevich, for allegedly insulting...

OSCE organizes economic competition policy seminar in Armenia

Publishing date: 17 September 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
YEREVAN, 17 September 2002- A seminar on good governance in economic policy development and the promotion of economic competition in Armenia, was co-organized by the OSCE Office in Yerevan last week...

OSCE Mission welcomes "victory for Macedonian democratic process"

Publishing date: 17 September 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Elections
SKOPJE, 17 September, 2002- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Skopje has joined the leaders of the International Election Observation Mission, led by the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, in congratulating the Macedonian authorities...

OSCE and Spanish Ministry of Interior organizes study visit for Serbian prison officials

Publishing date: 17 September 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Human rights
BELGRADE, 17 September 2002-- A delegation of three Serbian prison officials- two from penitentiary institutions and one from the Ministry of Justice- are participating from 14 to 21 September in a study visit to penitentiary institutions in Spain...

OSCE Chairman-in-Office applauds peaceful Macedonian elections

Publishing date: 17 September 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Elections
LISBON, 17 September 2002- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Portuguese Foreign Minister Antonio Martins da Cruz, has welcomed the generally peaceful environment in which the parliamentary elections were held in the former Yugoslav Republic of...

OSCE Media Representative urges Ukrainian authorities to step up efforts to find murderers of independent journalist

Publishing date: 16 September 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media pluralism, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 16 September 2002- Two years to the day after the disappearance and subsequent murder of the Ukrainian journalist Georgiy Gongadze, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has urged the Ukrainian authorities...

Macedonian parliamentary elections largely in line with international standards

Publishing date: 16 September 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Elections
SKOPJE, 16 September 2002- Yesterday's parliamentary elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia were largely in line with international standards, concluded the International Election Observation Mission in a statement issued today...