News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE media freedom representative strongly condemns explosion at Bulgarian newspaper offices, urges thorough and swift investigation
Publishing date: 11 February 2011
VIENNA, 11 February 2011– Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today strongly condemned the bomb explosion outside the offices of the Galeria weekly in Sofia...
OSCE Chairperson meets Russian human rights officials, civil society and think tanks, stresses need to improve implementation of human dimension commitments
Publishing date: 3 February 2011
MOSCOW, 3 February 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, stressed the need to improve the implementation of human rights commitments during meetings today in Moscow with the Chairperson of the Human Rights Council of the Russian Federation, as well as with representatives of think tanks and civil society...
OSCE Chairperson discusses 2011 priorities in Moscow, says constructive engagement of Russia essential to Organization
Publishing date: 2 February 2011
MOSCOW, 2 February 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis met with Russian high-level politicians and officials in Moscow today to outline the priorities of the Lithuanian OSCE Chairmanship and to discuss the Organization’s activities in 2011...
OSCE media representative reiterates call for end to harassment of the media in Belarus, regrets authorities’ failure to facilitate timely visit
Publishing date: 1 February 2011
VIENNA, 1 February 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, called today once again on the Belarusian government to stop harassing independent journalists and media outlets. She also said she regretted that the authorities did not make her proposed visit possible in January...
OSCE Presence in Albania urges respect for media freedom
Publishing date: 31 January 2011
TIRANA, 31 January 2011 – Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania calls for protection of media freedom and respect for the rule of law during investigations into the tragic events of 21 January in Tirana which claimed the lives of 3 people...
Winners of annual journalism contest on women’s role in Armenia announced
Publishing date: 31 January 2011
YEREVAN, 31 January 2011- The award ceremony of an OSCE-supported annual journalism competition Na/Ne (S\HE) focusing on the role and achievements of women in Armenia was held in Yerevan today...
OSCE media freedom representative addresses Council of Europe parliamentary committee, meets top officials in Strasbourg
Publishing date: 25 January 2011
STRASBOURG, 25 January 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, called for Council of Europe member states to address grave challenges to media freedom in an speech to the culture, science and education committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) today...