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OSCE and Council of Europe roundtable in Kyiv focussed on media legislation in Ukraine
Publishing date: 27 September 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws
KYIV, 27 September 2002- Media legislation in the Ukraine and the country's adherence to European standards was the focus of a roundtable held in Kyiv on 24 September that brought together parliamentarians, government officials, media professionals...
Fourth Central Asia Media Conference focuses on media freedom and corruption
Publishing date: 26 September 2002
Content type: Press release
TASHKENT, 26 September 2002- The media coverage of corruption has a "corrective function" in the newly emerging democracies and on their economies, a leading European media watchdog, Freimut Duve, told a conference of more than 100 media...
Head of Mission visits Kolkhozabad district in Southern Tajikistan
Publishing date: 20 September 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Media freedom and development
DUSHANBE, 20 September 2002- Ambassador Gilbert, Head of the OSCE Mission to Tajikistan, paid a visit to the Kolkhozabad and Kumsandgir districts in Southern Tajikistan.
OSCE-run radio show in Azerbaijan focuses on human rights awareness
Publishing date: 20 September 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development
BAKU, 20 September 2002- A new radio project on raising public awareness aims to stimulate discussions between the government and non-governmental sector on problematic issues of human rights in Azerbaijan. A series of radio talk shows...
OSCE Media Representative concerned over sentencing of a Belarusian journalist, calls for repealing criminal libel laws
Publishing date: 17 September 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 17 September 2002- Europe's top media watchdog, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has expressed his concern today about the sentencing of the Belarusian journalist, Viktor Ivashkevich, for allegedly insulting...
OSCE Media Representative urges Ukrainian authorities to step up efforts to find murderers of independent journalist
Publishing date: 16 September 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 16 September 2002- Two years to the day after the disappearance and subsequent murder of the Ukrainian journalist Georgiy Gongadze, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has urged the Ukrainian authorities...
First Albanian-language news bulletin in South Serbia
Publishing date: 16 September 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Media freedom and development
BELGRADE, 16 September 2002- The OSCE Mission to the FRY launched a long-term programme aimed at introducing multi-ethnic programming in municipality radios in South Serbia to bridge the gap between the ethnic Albanian, Serb and Roma communities.