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OSCE, Council of Europe discuss closer co-operation at Madrid meeting
Publishing date: 3 May 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Partnerships
MADRID, 3 May 2007- The OSCE Chairman, the Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, and the Secretaries General of the two organizations discussed closer co-operation between the organizations at a meeting in Madrid today...
OSCE Chairman concerned about events in Tallinn and Moscow
Publishing date: 3 May 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
MADRID, 3 May 2007- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, expressed his concern today over the events that followed the removal of the WWII memorial of the "Bronze Soldier" in Tallinn and protests in front...
Tajik journalists and students celebrate Press Freedom Day with OSCE Field Office
Publishing date: 3 May 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Media freedom and development
KHUJAND, Tajikistan, 3 May 2007- Highlighting the importance of freedom of the media was the aim of a series of events that the OSCE Field Office in Khujand, in northern Tajikistan, organized today to mark World Press Freedom Day...
OSCE Mission Head says media professionals in Serbia need safer working environment
Publishing date: 3 May 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Media freedom and development
BELGRADE, 3 May 2007- To mark World Press Freedom Day today, the Head of the OSCE Mission, Ambassador Hans Ola Urstad, said that media professionals in Serbia needed a safer working environment and called for the protection of the...
Harsh sentence of Uzbek journalist violates commitments, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 2 May 2007
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, 2 May 2007- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media condemned today the 7-year prison sentence handed down to Umida Niyazova, an Uzbek investigative journalist collecting materials about the Andijan tragedy in 2005.
Landmark OSCE survey examines barriers to journalists' investigative rights
Publishing date: 2 May 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Safety of journalists
BRUSSELS, 2 May 2007- Societies have more access to information than ever before, but weak laws and prosecution against the media diminish journalists' investigative abilities, said the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Miklos Haraszti...
OSCE Office supports publication on political parties taking part in Armenian parliamentary elections
Publishing date: 2 May 2007
YEREVAN, 2 May 2007- An OSCE-supported handbook summarizing the programmes, activities and goals of political parties running for the 12 May parliamentary elections in Armenia was presented in Yerevan today. The publication...