News and press releases

VIENNA, 25 November 2021 – The media freedom situation in the OSCE region has not improved since her previous report six months ago, said OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM), Teresa Ribeiro, during the presentation of her second biannual report to the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna today.

The OSCE Centre in Ashgabat organized an online training course on multimedia journalism from 24 to 26 November 2021.

On 23 November 2021, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM) Teresa Ribeiro met with Ambassador Vesa Häkkinen to discuss current developments on media freedom and freedom of expression in Finland and the wider OSCE region. They addressed several topics, including the importance of promoting media literacy as a tool to counter dissemination of misinformation and strengthen freedom of opinion and expression. They agreed that an official visit by the Representative to Finland would be an excellent opportunity to gain first-hand insight into Finland’s experiences in media literacy.

VIENNA, 23 November 2021 – Addressing the genuine risk of being targeted with legal procedures and vexatious litigation that journalists and other media workers face, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM), Teresa Ribeiro, launched today a special report on legal harassment and abuse of the judicial system against the media.

As a part of its continuing co-operation with the University of Montenegro’s Faculty of Political Sciences, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro provided three drones to its Department for Media Studies and Journalism. This was accompanied by a three-day training course for students that took place from 16 to 19 November 2021 in Podgorica.

On 9 November 2021, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Teresa Ribeiro concluded her two-day official visit to Switzerland. During her visit, Ribeiro met with several government authorities, including Federal Councilor Simonetta Sommaruga, State Secretary Livia Leu, OFCOM Director Bernard Maissen and the President of the Swiss Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Josef Dittli. She also met with representatives of media freedom organizations and media representatives to discuss media freedom and freedom of expression in Switzerland and across the OSCE region.

To help female media professionals developing digital safety approaches that will keep them safe online, the OSCE Mission to Skopje launched an e-learning course on digital safety on 2 November 2021.