News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Boycott of Bosnia-Herzegovina public broadcaster breaches media freedom principles, says OSCE report
Publishing date: 29 March 2007
VIENNA, 29 March 2007- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, presented a report today on the state of public broadcasting in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The report...
OSCE Mission to Skopje helps train judges, prosecutors on international humanitarian law
Publishing date: 29 March 2007
SKOPJE, 29 March 2007- Judges and prosecutors who have been identified as potential handlers of the four cases due to be returned from the ICTY later this year, are taking part in a training course that began in Skopje today...
Serbia improves regional relations and economy, should pursue full ICTY co-operation and continue reforms, says OSCE Mission Head
Publishing date: 29 March 2007
BELGRADE, 29 March 2007- Serbia has improved its regional relations and economy, but needs to progress in other areas such as co-operation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, according to the OSCE Mission to Serbia's...
Stronger institutional response needed to address problem of internally displaced in Serbia, say Belgrade conference participants
Publishing date: 29 March 2007
BELGRADE, 29 March 2007- A stronger and more co-ordinated institutional response is needed to provide full respect for human rights to Serbia's internally displaced persons from Kosovo. This was the main conclusion of a conference in Belgrade today...
OSCE Mission Head concerned over repeated restrictions on media freedom in Moldova
Publishing date: 28 March 2007
CHISINAU, 28 March 2007- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, Ambassador Louis O'Neill, expressed his deep concern today over renewed restrictions of freedom of the media and freedom of assembly in Moldova...
OSCE Presence supports training on Aarhus Convention in Albania
Publishing date: 28 March 2007
TIRANA, 28 March 2007- Municipal officials, representatives of ministries, regional environmental agencies and NGOs took part in a training course on the Aarhus environmental Convention, a key environmental information tool, that ended in Tirana today...
OSCE press freedom watchdog hails Kyrgyzstan for decriminalizing libel and allowing public broadcasting
Publishing date: 27 March 2007
VIENNA, 27 March 2007- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, today commended the Kyrgyz Parliament's decision to abolish criminal libel and insult laws as well as President Kurmanbek Bakiyev's "green light" for public...