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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Representative presents analysis of draft amendments to Moldova’s Audiovisual Code
Publishing date: 3 August 2015
VIENNA, 3 August 2015 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today presented a legal analysis of two draft laws amending the Audiovisual Code of the Republic of Moldova, commissioned by her Office to assist the authorities in their efforts to improve the national media legislation...
OSCE Mission to Montenegro condemns deliberate damage done to official vehicle of public service broadcaster RTCG
Publishing date: 31 July 2015
PODGORICA, 31 July 2015 – The OSCE Mission to Montenegro today expressed concern over the recent damage done to a vehicle used by Rade Vojvodic, the General Director of the public service broadcaster RTCG...
OSCE-supported seminar for journalists on work of law enforcement institutions held in Podgorica
Publishing date: 29 July 2015
A two-day OSCE-supported seminar for journalists on work of the police, prosecutors and the judiciary took place on 28 and 29 July 2015 in Podgorica...
OSCE-supported seminar for journalists and NGO representatives on implementation of Free Access to Information Law held in Bijelo Polje
Publishing date: 27 July 2015
A seminar on the implementation of the Free Access to Information Act (FOIA), supported by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, took place on 23 July 2015 in Bijelo Polje...
OSCE media freedom representative condemns attack on journalist, calls on authorities in Skopje for swift investigation
Publishing date: 23 July 2015
VIENNA, 23 July 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today wrote to Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki in Skopje, calling for a swift and transparent investigation following a recent attack on a journalist in the country...
Arrest of journalist underscores need for urgent reform of defamation law in Mongolia, Mijatović says
Publishing date: 22 July 2015
VIENNA, 22 July 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today said that the arrest of Sodnomdarjaa Battulga, a journalist with Info.mn news website, is disproportionate and excessive, and underscores the need for abolishing criminal defamation in Mongolia...
OSCE Representative welcomes transparent process to create policy document for information security in Ukraine, presents legal analysis
Publishing date: 22 July 2015
VIENNA, 22 July 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today welcomed the transparency and openness of the process to create the draft Information Security Concept of Ukraine. She also presented a legal analysis of the document commissioned by her Office...