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OSCE Media Representative appalled by murder of Russian Forbes magazine editor

Publishing date: 12 July 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 12 July 2004- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, said on Monday he was appalled at the murder of magazine editor Paul Khlebnikov in Moscow. "I am horrified at this brutal killing and call on the Russian...

OSCE Mission Head inaugurates Kosovo's new multi-ethnic TV station

Publishing date: 12 July 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Media freedom and development
PRISTINA, 12 July 2004- Pascal Fieschi, the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, today opened the first multi-ethnic private TV station in Kosovo, in the municipality of Strpce/Shterpce. TV Herc, brings together Kosovo Serbs and Kosovo Albanians in a...

OSCE Mission welcomes Italy-Serbia co-operation in fighting organized crime

Publishing date: 12 July 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Human rights
BELGRADE, 12 July 2004- The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro today welcomed the signing of an agreement between the National Anti-Mafia Bureau of Italy and the Office of the Prosecutor General of Serbia, together with the Organized Crimes...

OSCE Media Representative asks Hungary and Poland to remove prison sentences from libel law

Publishing date: 9 July 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 9 July 2004- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, has raised with the Justice Ministers in both Hungary and Poland several recent cases of journalists being sentenced to prison for libel...

OSCE Chairman-in-Office congratulates new President of Parliamentary Assembly on election

Publishing date: 9 July 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
SOFIA, 9 July 2004- The OSCE's Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, congratulated U.S. Congressman Alcee L. Hastings on Friday on his election as President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly...

International conference on domestic violence begins in Minsk today

Publishing date: 9 July 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
MINSK, 9 July 2004- A two-day international conference on how best to combat domestic violence began in Minsk today. The event is being supported by the OSCE Office in Minsk...

OSCE Mission and Novi Sad District Court hold roundtable on training of court interns

Publishing date: 9 July 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization
NOVI SAD, 9 July 2004- The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro and the Novi Sad District Court held a first joint roundtable today to present and critically assess the training programme of interns developed by the Court...