News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media meets with German Ambassador
Publishing date: 26 January 2021
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM), Teresa Ribeiro, met today, 26 January 2021, with German Ambassador Gesa Bräutigam to discuss the media landscape and the challenges for freedom of expression in Germany and in the broader OSCE region.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro congratulates journalists on country’s Day of Journalists
Publishing date: 23 January 2021
Head of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, Maryse Daviet, congratulated the journalists in the country the Day of Journalists, 23 January, which marks the publication of the first printed newspaper in Cetinje in 1871...
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media meets with Ambassador of the Russian Federation
Publishing date: 22 January 2021
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM), Teresa Ribeiro, met today, 22 January 2021, with Ambassador Alexander Lukashevich to discuss the situation of freedom of expression and freedom of the media in the Russian Federation and the wider OSCE region.
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media meets with the Executive Director of the International Press Institute
Publishing date: 21 January 2021
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM), Teresa Ribeiro, met today, 21 January 2021, with Executive Director of the International Press Institute, Barbara Trionfi, to discuss the media freedom situation across the OSCE region.
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media meets with Portuguese Ambassador
Publishing date: 18 January 2021
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM), Teresa Ribeiro, met today, 18 January 2021, with Ambassador Jorge Lobo de Mesquita to discuss the situation of media freedom in Portugal.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro provides technical equipment to country’s oldest daily newspaper, Pobjeda
Publishing date: 28 December 2020
As part of activities to preserve the cultural and media heritage of Montenegro, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro provided technical equipment to Pobjeda, Montenegro’s oldest daily print newspaper, in Podogrica on 28 December 2020...
Hate speech online reduced as report into “STOP! Hate Speech” campaign in Bosnia Herzegovina shows
Publishing date: 22 December 2020
SARAJEVO, 22 December 2020 – The Press Council in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), with the support of the OSCE Mission to BiH, published today the analysis of the “STOP! Hate Speech” campaign. The analysis finds that while still present in media sphere, hate speech has declined in comparison with prior analyses focusing on the same web-portals conducted during previous election cycles...