News and press releases

ASHGABAT, 7 November 2012 – Journalism instructors from the Institute of International Relations of Turkmenistan’s Foreign Ministry and the Magtymguly Turkmen State University discussed modern standards and methods of teaching journalism at an OSCE-organized seminar that took place in Ashgabat today...

BAKU, 7 November 2012- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today welcomed the decision of the Supreme Commercial Court in Russia to make commercial courts in Russia more transparent and open to the media...

BAKU, 6 November 2012 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović met today the Secretary General of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), Hamadoun I. Touré, ahead of the 2012 UN Internet Governance Forum in Baku...

VIENNA, 2 November 2012- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today welcomed an Athens court’s ruling to acquit Greek journalist, Kostas Vaxevanis, of charges of violating national privacy laws as a result of a one-day trial...

BISHKEK, 2 November 2012 – Ways to improve ethical standards and relevant professional principles in online and print journalism in Kyrgyzstan were the key topic of an OSCE-supported roundtable discussion that took place today in Bishkek...

ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 1 November 2012 – Improving the quality of journalism education was the topic of a roundtable discussion organized today by the OSCE Centre in Astana, in co-operation with the Minber Public Foundation, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University and the UNESCO Almaty Cluster Office...

ASTANA, 1 November 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today concluded her official visit to Kazakhstan, where she met with high-ranking government officials, civil society and journalists, and stressed the need to safeguard safety of journalists and continue media reform efforts...