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Armenia should lift moratorium on licensing broadcasters to ensure media pluralism, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 26 September 2008
Content type: Press release
What we do: Digital switchover, Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 26 September 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, today asked the Government of Armenia to review amendments to the TV and radio law that introduce a moratorium on issuing new broadcasting licenses...
OSCE media freedom representative urges Bulgarian authorities to swiftly prosecute violent attacks against journalists
Publishing date: 26 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 26 September 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, today asked the Bulgarian authorities to accelerate the bringing to justice of perpetrators of recent violent attacks against journalists...
OSCE Mission to Skopje, FOSIM mark International Right to Know Day
Publishing date: 25 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Media freedom and development
Skopje, 25 September 2008-The OSCE Mission to Skopje and the local foundation of the Open Society Institute are marking International Right to Know Day with a conference today encouraging journalists to make use of rights to free access to information...
OSCE media freedom representative says journalists need free and safe access to Georgia's South Ossetia and Abkhazia regions
Publishing date: 22 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 22 September 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media called today for journalists' safe access to the crisis regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, now controlled by Russian forces, and urged unbiased reporting on all sides...
OSCE Mission hosts discussion on live broadcasts of parliamentary sessions in Montenegro
Publishing date: 19 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Montenegro
What we do: Democratization, Media freedom and development
PODGORICA, 19 September 2008- Representatives of political parties represented in the Parliament of Montenegro met today to discuss live broadcasts of parliamentary sessions in order to overcome the current political impasse. The discussion...
Improving access to information purpose of OSCE media seminar in Moldova
Publishing date: 16 September 2008
Content type: Press release
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws
CHISINAU, 16 September 2008- Fostering effective interaction between public bodies and journalists to increase access to official information is the aim of a two-day OSCE training seminar that started in the Moldovan capital today...
OSCE media freedom representative presents anniversary publication
Publishing date: 15 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 15 September 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklós Haraszti, today presented his Office's latest publication, Ten Years for Media Freedom- An OSCE Anniversary.