News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Media Representative greets decision by Kazakhstan President to send media law for review
Publishing date: 8 April 2004
VIENNA, 8 April 2004- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, has expressed his satisfaction with the decision of Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev to send a contested draft media law to the Constitutional Council...
OSCE Media Representative asks for charges to be dropped against two journalists in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 6 April 2004
VIENNA, 6 April 2004- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, asked the Turkmen Government to drop all charges against Rakhim Esenov and Ashyrguly Bayryev, who were arrested by the National Security Ministry on...
New OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media addresses Permanent Council
Publishing date: 11 March 2004
VIENNA, 11 March 2004- The newly appointed OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Miklos Haraszti today delivered his first address to the OSCE Permanent Council. "In my work, I will not differentiate between the West and the East...
Miklos Haraszti appointed OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
Publishing date: 9 March 2004
VIENNA, 9 March 2004- Miklos Haraszti has been appointed OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media with effect from 10 March 2004. In a letter announcing Haraszti's appointment for a period of three years, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian...
OSCE Media watchdog concerned over libel sentence in Italy
Publishing date: 2 March 2004
VIENNA, 2 March 2004- The Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media is concerned about the 24 February sentencing of the Italian journalist Massimiliano Melilli to 18 months in prison for "defamation" by a court in Trieste...
Former OSCE Media Representative receives Germany's Order of Merit
Publishing date: 13 January 2004
VIENNA, 13 January 2004- The former OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, today received the Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany from President Johannes Rau. The award honoured Duve's...
Journalism is more than a market product, says OSCE media watchdog in new study on media concentration in Europe
Publishing date: 18 December 2003
VIENNA, 18 December 2003- Media concentration and foreign media ownership might turn out to be a structural obstacle for free and pluralistic media, according to the OSCE's Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve...