News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE meeting promotes pluralism in new media, warns of excessive regulation of Internet content
Publishing date: 7 July 2011
Promoting pluralism in new media, including the Internet, is the focus of a two-day OSCE meeting that started on 7 July 2011...
OSCE media freedom representative urges Tajikistan to release BBC reporter
Publishing date: 7 July 2011
VIENNA, 7 July 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, today urged the Tajik authorities to release detained BBC reporter Urunboi Usmonov...
Journalists' safety in focus at OSCE roundtable meeting in Bishkek
Publishing date: 6 July 2011
BISHKEK, 6 July 2011 – The safety of journalists, particularly while covering demonstrations, was the topic of a roundtable meeting held today in Bishkek with support from the OSCE Centre in Bishkek...
OSCE helps Kosovo police, prosecutors co-operate with media
Publishing date: 5 July 2011
A series of six regional training sessions for the police, prosecutors and journalists on co-operation concluded on 30 June 2011 in Prishtinë/Priština...
OSCE media freedom representative urges Skopje to ensure media pluralism and transparent investigations
Publishing date: 4 July 2011
VIENNA, 4 July 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, said today she was concerned about three media outlets owned by Plus Production facing closure for alleged tax evasion. She urged the country to adhere to rule of law principles in handling their cases...
OSCE media freedom representative appeals to President Lukashenko to stop repression of media in Belarus
Publishing date: 1 July 2011
VIENNA, 1 July 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today asked President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko to put an end to the unprecedented repression of media after the 19 December 2010 presidential election...
OSCE Chairperson welcomes release of French journalists kidnapped in Afghanistan
Publishing date: 29 June 2011
VIENNA, 29 June 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, welcomed today's release of two French journalists who had been held by kidnappers in Afghanistan for a year and half...