News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Internet development in Central Asia focus of OSCE-supported forum
Publishing date: 23 June 2011
ALMATY, 23 June 2010 – A two-day regional forum on Internet development in Central Asia co-organized by the OSCE Centre started in Almaty today...
Attempts to regulate Internet increase, OSCE official says
Publishing date: 23 June 2011
Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, told ambassadors from the 56 OSCE participating States on 23 June 2011 that a new study commissioned by her office indicates that attempts to regulate the Internet are increasing.
OSCE media freedom representative appeals to Kyrgyzstan's Parliament to reconsider restrictions on media
Publishing date: 21 June 2011
VIENNA, 21 June 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, expressed concern today about laws and resolutions recently adopted by the Parliament of Kyrgyzstan that could potentially limit media pluralism in the country...
OSCE media freedom representative concerned over detention of BBC reporter in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 16 June 2011
VIENNA, 16 June 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, today expressed concern over the detention of Urunboi Usmonov, a BBC reporter for ten years in Central Asia...
Armenian journalists learn about freedom of expression at OSCE-supported workshop
Publishing date: 16 June 2011
YEREVAN, 16 June 2011 –– International standards and judicial practice with respect to freedom of expression, libel and insult, contempt of court and privacy issues are among the topics of a two-day training workshop that started in Yerevan today.
OSCE media freedom representative urges Kyrgyzstan not to replace public service broadcaster’s board before elections
Publishing date: 15 June 2011
VIENNA, 15 June 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, today asked Kyrgyzstan’s President Roza Otunbayeva to send back to the Parliament a recently adopted law that would lead to the dismissal of the public service broadcaster’s advisory board...
Co-regulation mechanisms in broadcasting sphere focus of OSCE-supported conference in Ukraine
Publishing date: 14 June 2011
KYIV, 14 June 2011 – Models for co-regulating broadcasting in view of the transition from analogue to digital were discussed at a conference held by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) and the country’s National Council on TV and Radio Broadcasting in Kyiv today...