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OSCE-funded study shows Croatian TV free from outside control, weak on minority issues
Publishing date: 16 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
ZAGREB, 16 April 2003- An OSCE-funded study on the Croatian State broadcaster HRT published in Zagreb today indicates that the station has managed to free itself from outside control, but still does not pay enough attention to issues such as...
OSCE assists Croatia on media legislation
Publishing date: 15 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
ZAGREB, 15 April 2003- OSCE experts held meetings in Zagreb on 14 and 15 April to discuss the draft law on Electronic Media and Croatia's libel legislation. "This is part of the OSCE's assistance to Croatia in developing media legislation that...
OSCE Media Representative focuses on freedom of expression in the digital era
Publishing date: 14 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 14 April 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, today published a booklet titled From Quill to Cursor-- Freedom of the Media in the Digital Era. Experts from UNESCO and the Council of Europe as well as...
Kosovo media receive training on political reporting
Publishing date: 14 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Media freedom and development
PRISTINA, 14 April 2003- Today the OSCE Mission in Kosovo is launching a one-week training on story production for television, with a focus on current political affairs. The course, held in conjunction with Vienna-based Österreichischer Rundfunk...
Freimut Duve organizes conference on media in multi-lingual societies
Publishing date: 1 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 1 April 2003- A conference on media in multi-lingual societies was held in Berne, Switzerland, on 28-29 March. It was organized by Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, and hosted by the Swiss...
Kosovo's Temporary Media Commissioner not to issue any further broadcast licenses
Publishing date: 28 March 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Media freedom and development
PRISTINA, 28 March 2003- Kosovo's Temporary Media Commissioner (TMC) has announced that it will not issue any further broadcast licenses until a new body, the Independent Media Commission, will be established...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports local media associations
Publishing date: 25 March 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Media freedom and development
SKOPJE, 25 March 2003- A training programme designed to help the development of media associations in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia was launched yesterday by the OSCE Mission in Skopje...