News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE trains court reporters in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 25 March 2016
ASTANA, 25 March 2016 – The first of three OSCE-supported two-day training seminars for court reporters began today in Astana...
Head of OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina Jonathan Moore strongly condemns attack on N1 and FTV TV crews in Visegrad
Publishing date: 14 March 2016
SARAJEVO, 14 March 2016 – Ambassador Jonathan Moore, Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, strongly condemns yesterday’s attacks on N1 and FTV journalists in Visegrad...
OSCE starts consultations on sustainable, independent financing for Kosovo’s public broadcaster
Publishing date: 14 March 2016
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 14 March 2016- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo held today the first of a series of four roundtables to be held this month on the ways to secure financing for the public service broadcaster, Radio Television Kosovo (RTK)...
Independence of public broadcaster and broadcast regulator must be respected, says OSCE Representative following events in Croatia
Publishing date: 10 March 2016
VIENNA, 10 March 2016 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed concern over a sudden decision by the Croatian government proposing that the Parliament rejects a regular report of the Croatian Agency for the Electronic Media, to terminate the Agency's mandate and to dismiss its director...
OSCE Representative condemns attack on journalists in Russian Federation, calls for swift investigation
Publishing date: 10 March 2016
VIENNA, 10 March 2016 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today condemned yesterday’s attack against six journalists at the administrative boundary between the Chechen and Ingush Republics of the Russian Federation...
OSCE Representative presents comprehensive guidebook on Internet freedom issues in the OSCE region
Publishing date: 9 March 2016
VIENNA, 9 March 2016 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today presented a new guidebook outlining the major issues and developments on freedom of expression on the Internet in the OSCE region...
OSCE Representative calls on Turkey to refrain from acts of intimidation against media, following appointment of trustees to run Zaman newspaper
Publishing date: 4 March 2016
VIENNA, 4 March 2016 – Appointing trustees to manage the Zaman daily newspaper is the latest in a string of measures initiated by the authorities to intimidate media in Turkey, Dunja Mijatović, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media said today...