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Media Resource Centre opens in Dushanbe with help of OSCE Centre
Publishing date: 7 October 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Media freedom and development
DUSHANBE, 7 October 2004- A Media Resource Centre which will give Tajik journalists access to the internet, satellite television and various publications opened in Dushanbe. Supported by the OSCE Centre in...
OSCE media freedom watchdog asks the US to abolish 'book embargo'
Publishing date: 30 September 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 30 September 2004- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media has asked the USA to abolish regulations that require publishers and authors to seek a licence from the Treasury Department to publish literature from Cuba, Iran and Sudan in...
OSCE media freedom representative refutes allegations by German media group WAZ
Publishing date: 21 September 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 21 September 2004- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, refuted allegations by Germany's WAZ media group that he had taken any position in the dispute between WAZ and the journalists from the Romanian newspaper...
OSCE Media Representative issues report on media coverage of the Beslan tragedy
Publishing date: 16 September 2004
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, 16 September 2004- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, presented today to the Permanent Council a report on how the Russian media covered the terrorist attacks in Beslan, North Ossetia. Based on research performed...
OSCE Mission calls for transparency in selection of new Broadcasting Council in Serbia
Publishing date: 2 September 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Media freedom and development
BELGRADE, 2 September 2004- Acknowledging efforts undertaken by the Serbian government to re-activate the work of the Republican Broadcasting Agency Council, the Head of OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, Maurizio Massari, said it was important...
OSCE Centre helps Tajik newspaper begin publishing again after 15 years
Publishing date: 2 September 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Media freedom and development
KULYAB, 2 September 2004- A respected, traditional newspaper in southern Tajikistan was revived today after 15 years with assistance from the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe. The weekly Kulyabskaya Pravda was presented by the OSCE's Kulyab Field Office at an...
OSCE Media Representative condemns the murder and kidnapping of journalists in Iraq
Publishing date: 31 August 2004
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, 31 August 2004- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, condemned the recent murder of Italian freelance journalist Enzo Baldoni, executed in Iraq last week and demanded the release of two French journalists...