News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Representative urges authorities to intensify efforts to solve murder of journalist Martin O’Hagan in Northern Ireland
Publishing date: 29 September 2016
VIENNA, 29 September 2016 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today urged the authorities in the United Kingdom to intensify their efforts to find the killers of investigative journalist Martin O’Hagan, who was shot and killed in September 2001...
OSCE promotes best international practices in digital journalism in Armenia
Publishing date: 26 September 2016
New trends and tools in production of journalistic content, coverage of conflicts and investigative journalism were amongst the topics of a conference held on 23 September 2016 in Yerevan within the Digital Story-Telling events series, supported by the OSCE Office in Yerevan and organized by the Media Initiatives Centre NGO...
OSCE Representative calls on all sides in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in Serbia, media in particular, to refrain from inflammatory language
Publishing date: 23 September 2016
VIENNA, 23 September 2016 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović called today on all responsible stakeholders in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in Serbia, in particular the media, to refrain from inflammatory language that could incite hatred...
OSCE Mission supports safety of journalists in Kosovo
Publishing date: 23 September 2016
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 23 September 2016 – The outgoing Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Jean-Claude Schlumberger, hosted today the chairpersons of the Association of Journalists of Kosovo, Shkëlqim Hysenaj, and of the Journalists’ Association of Serbia registered in Kosovo, Budimir Ničić, to donate 50 sets of vests and jackets bearing the word ‘PRESS’...
OSCE Centre supports modernization of journalism education in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 23 September 2016
On 23 September 2016, the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat organized a seminar on innovative methods of teaching journalism for 15 instructors from the International University for Humanities and Development, Magtymguly Turkmen State University, Foreign Ministry’s Institute of International Relations and the National Institute of Sports and Tourism of the State Committee for Tourism and Sports of Turkmenistan...
OSCE media freedom representative and ODIHR Director congratulate Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyet on receiving “Alternative Nobel Prize”
Publishing date: 22 September 2016
WARSAW, 22 September 2016 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, and the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Michael Georg Link, today congratulated the daily Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyet on receiving the Right Livelihood Award, more commonly known as the “Alternative Nobel Prize”...
Internet journalism in focus of OSCE courses at Turkmenistan universities
Publishing date: 22 September 2016