News and press releases

VIENNA, 2 May 2001-- On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, 3 May, the Organization for Security and Co-operation (OSCE) Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, issued the following statement

VIENNA, 24 April 2001-- Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of Media, has decided not to visit Belarus as scheduled 25 April 2001...

COPENHAGEN, 20 April 2001-- The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly has decided to share the 2001 OSCE Prize for Journalism and Democracy between Spanish journalist José Luis LÓPEZ DE LACALLE and Ukrainian journalist Georgiy GONGADZE.

VIENNA, 18 April 2001-- Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of Media, has expressed his serious concern about the closure of the independent newspaper Segodnya and dismissal of all staff of the independent magazine Itogi in Moscow.

VIENNA, 4 April 2001-- The annual Yearbook 2000/2001 Freedom and Responsibility was presented by Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, on 4 April 2001 at the Hofburg...

VIENNA, 2 April 2001- Thousands of people gathered in Moscow on 31 March in support of freedom of expression. Many of the speakers at this rally underlined their concern regarding the future of NTV...

VIENNA, 27 March 2001-- On 21 March, Bulgarian police entered the premises of Bulgarian National Radio and barred the station\'s journalists from their studios. The journalists were protesting the appointment of a new Executive Director