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Temporary Media Commissioner of Kosovo sanctions two dailies
Publishing date: 19 November 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Media freedom and development
PRISTINA, 19 November 2002- Today the TMC dismissed Bota Sot's belated appeal against the sanction of 17,500 Euro, following the ruling of the Media Hearing Board (MHB) of 3 September 2002 in the cases of...
Kosovo's Media Appeals Board fines Bota Sot daily
Publishing date: 19 November 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Media freedom and development
PRISTINA, 19 November 2002- Kosovo Albanian daily Bota Sot was fined 8,000 euros for violating Sections 6.2 and 3.1 of the Temporary Code of Conduct of the Print Media in Kosovo in the cases brought by Baton Haxhiu and Blerim Shala...
OSCE Presence in Albania welcomes amendments to law on radio and TV
Publishing date: 11 November 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Media freedom and development
TIRANA, 11 November 2002- The OSCE Presence in Albania welcomed the unanimous adoption of amendments to the "Law on Public and Private Radio and Television in the Republic of Albania" by the Parliament. The amendments of last...
OSCE expert to advise on Croatia's broadcast media laws
Publishing date: 7 November 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development
ZAGREB, 7 November 2002- A leading European media expert will visit Croatia to give technical advice to the Government on aligning broadcast media laws with European standards. Professor Karol Jakubowicz, an OSCE consultant and...
OSCE concerned about detention of leading Kazakh human rights defender and journalist
Publishing date: 7 November 2002
Content type: Press release
VIENNA/WARSAW, 7 November 2002- The two OSCE institutions dealing with human rights and media freedom today jointly expressed their concern about the detention of Sergei Duvanov, a journalist and human rights defender who...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office completes Central Asia visit in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 5 November 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
ASHGABAD, 5 November 2002- The OSCE is paying increased attention to Central Asia, the Chairman-in-Office (CiO), Portugal's Foreign Minister Antonio Martins da Cruz, stressed in the Turkmen capital Ashgabad, after completing...
OSCE media watchdog concerned over increased pressure on media in Russia
Publishing date: 3 November 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 3 November 2002- Europe's media watchdog, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has expressed his concern regarding the recent prevailing climate of pressure on the media in Russia...