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Draft amendments to anti-extremism law in Moldova could endanger freedom of expression on Internet, warns OSCE Representative
Publishing date: 2 September 2014
Content type: Press release
VIENNA, 2 September 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today said that draft amendments to an anti-extremism law in Moldova could pose a threat to freedom of expression on the Internet...
OSCE media representative notes need for improvement in proposed Moldovan audiovisual legislation
Publishing date: 12 May 2014
Content type: Press release
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws
VIENNA, 12 May 2014 – OSCE Media Freedom Representative Dunja Mijatović today expressed concern about several proposed amendments to the Moldovan audiovisual legislation...
OSCE Mission supports award for journalists to promote independent, free media in Moldova
Publishing date: 20 December 2013
Deputy Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova Jan Plešinger addressed the participants of the OSCE-supported Annual Press Club Gala event on 19 December 2013 in Chisinau, and reconfirmed the Mission’s support for the development of independent and free media in Moldova and reiterated the essential role media plays in the development of a democratic society...
OSCE Mission holds conference on media and judiciary in Moldova
Publishing date: 17 October 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Media freedom and development
CHISINAU, 17 October 2013 – Relations between the media and the judiciary in the context of the judiciary reform in Moldova is the focus of a conference held by the OSCE Mission to Moldova in co-operation with Broadcasting Board of Governors/International Broadcasting Bureau (BBG/IBB- USA) that took place today in Chisinau...
OSCE Mission to Moldova welcomes release of Alexandru Coliban from Transdniestrian prison
Publishing date: 28 June 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Media freedom and development
CHISINAU, 28 June 2013 – The Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, Ambassador Jennifer Brush, welcomed today’s news that Alexandru Coliban has been released from a Transdniestrian prison...
OSCE trains journalists from Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine in online media
Publishing date: 22 October 2012
Content type: Press release
CHISINAU, 23 October 2012 – The freedom, professionalism and sustainability of Internet media in Eastern Europe are the focus of a two-day OSCE training seminar that opened today in Chisinau...
OSCE in Moldova holds summer school for journalists on political party financing
Publishing date: 6 September 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Media freedom and development
VADUL LUI VODA, Moldova, 6 September 2012 – The OSCE Mission to Moldova, in co-operation with the Chisinau-based NGO IDIS Viitorul opened today a two-day summer school for journalists on public financing of political parties and the role of media in raising transparency in political funding, in Vadul Lui Voda. The summer school brings together journalists from the right and left banks of the Dniestr/Nistru River, and Moldova’s autonomous territory of Gagauzia...