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OSCE trains online journalists on both sides of Nistru/Dniestr River

Publishing date: 29 November 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Media freedom and development
VADUL-LUI-VODĂ, Moldova, 29 November 2011 – Journalistic and managerial skills for running sustainable Internet media are the focus of a two-day OSCE training seminar that started today in Vadul-lui-Vodă, a town on the Nistru/Dniestr River outside of Chişinău...

OSCE media freedom representative expresses concern over the wiretapping of Slovak journalists

Publishing date: 25 November 2011
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, 25 November 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today expressed concern over the wiretapping of journalists in Slovakia and asked the authorities to ensure a prompt and thorough investigation...

OSCE media freedom representative highlights journalists’ safety in report to Permanent Council

Publishing date: 24 November 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development
Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, stressed the importance of journalists’ safety in her report on her Office’s work to the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna on 24 November 2011...

OSCE media representative saddened by Azerbaijani writer’s death

Publishing date: 23 November 2011
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, 23 November 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, said today she was deeply saddened by the death of Azerbaijani writer and newspaper columnist Rafiq Tagi and hopes that all those responsible will be brought to justice...

OSCE media freedom representative’s office to participate in events marking International Day to End Impunity

Publishing date: 22 November 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development
The Director of the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Andrey Rikhter, and Principal Adviser Roland Bless will take part in activities marking International Day to End Impunity on 23 November 2011 in Vienna...

OSCE media representative welcomes Russia’s landmark legislation to decriminalize defamation and protect safety of journalists

Publishing date: 17 November 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media freedom and development, Media laws
VIENNA, 17 November 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, welcomed today amendments to the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation to decriminalize libel and insult, and specifically punish threats or violence against journalists as a professional group...

OSCE organizes discussion on modernizing media law in Turkmenistan

Publishing date: 15 November 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Digital switchover, Media freedom and development
ASHGABAT, 15 November 2011 – Reforming Turkmenistan’s media legislation to take into account new communication and information technologies was the focus of an OSCE-supported roundtable event that concluded today in Ashgabat...