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OSCE media freedom representative, on World Press Freedom Day, calls on participating States to ensure safety of journalists

Publishing date: 2 May 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
ISTANBUL, 3 May 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, marked World Press Freedom Day today by urging all 56 OSCE participating States to do more to curb violence against journalists and ensure a safe work environment for the media...

OSCE Presence holds seminars on election reporting ahead of local elections in Albania

Publishing date: 2 May 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Elections, Media freedom and development
A series of training seminars on election reporting, organized by the OSCE Presence in Albania for journalists in four regions of the country, took place in April...

Statement by OSCE Mission in Kosovo on World Press Freedom Day

Publishing date: 2 May 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Media freedom and development
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 2 May 2011 – Acting Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo Edward P. Joseph made the following statement today ahead of World Press Freedom Day on 3 May...

Threats to journalists cannot be tolerated, says OSCE Chairperson ahead of World Press Freedom Day

Publishing date: 2 May 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Media freedom and development
VILNIUS, 2 May 2011- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, speaking ahead of World Press Freedom Day on 3 May, called for OSCE states to do more to protect journalists...

OSCE media freedom representative concerned over possible closure of two independent newspapers in Belarus

Publishing date: 28 April 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 28 April 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, expressed alarm today over the lawsuits filed by the Belarusian Information Ministry aimed at shutting down Nasha Niva and Narodnaya Volya, two of the country’s largest independent publications...

OSCE Centre in Astana supports discussion on draft television and radio broadcasting law

Publishing date: 26 April 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Media freedom and development
ASTANA, 26 April 2011 – Representatives of the legislature, the government, media, civil society and international organizations discussed a draft law on television and radio broadcasting at a meeting organized today by the OSCE Centre in Astana, the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media and Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Communication and Information...

OSCE media representative discusses media freedom, voices concern over impunity during visit to Moscow

Publishing date: 21 April 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media freedom and development, Media freedom on the internet, Safety of journalists
MOSCOW, 21 April 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, concluded today a four-day visit to Moscow, during which she addressed violence against journalists and other media freedom issues with senior Russian officials...