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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE condemns violent attack on journalist in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 30 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development
WARSAW/VIENNA, 30 August 2002- The two OSCE institutions dealing with human rights and media freedom today jointly condemned the violent attack on Sergei Duvanov, a journalist and human rights defender who was assaulted and severely injured...
Kosovo media to provide fair access to political entities
Publishing date: 26 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Elections, Media freedom and development
PRISTINA, 26 August 2002- Kosovo's media outlets are to provide fair access to all political entities running in the municipal elections to ensure that voters can make an informed choice on October 26. The Central Election Commission (CEC) has...
Defence of a common future in Kosovo
Publishing date: 21 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 21 August 2002- The mobile.culture.container is a project of the Fund In Defence of our Future. Its initiator is Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media. The project operates in the framework of the Stability Pact...
Kosovo newspaper Bota Sot to face new sanctions
Publishing date: 25 July 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Media freedom and development
PRISTINA, 25 July 2002- The newspaper Bota Sot is facing new sanctions after a decision taken by Kosovo's Media Hearing Board on Wednesday, 24 July, on a complaint originally brought forward by Xhavit Haliti, a Kosovo Assembly Presidency Member...
OSCE Office in Yerevan presents special prize to an environmental journalist
Publishing date: 22 July 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development
YEREVAN, 22 July 2002- Arevhat Grigorian, a journalist working for the Armenian electronic weekly, Hetq, has been awarded the OSCE Office in Yerevan's annual prize for the best Armenian writer on environmental issues...
Adoption of Broadcasting Law marks important step in media reform
Publishing date: 19 July 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Media freedom and development
BELGRADE, 19 July 2002-- The OSCE Mission to the FRY has welcomed the adoption by the Serbian Parliament on Thursday of the draft Law on Broadcasting...
Freimut Duve: What Happened to Dmitri Zavadsky?
Publishing date: 8 July 2002
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, 8 July 2002- July 7, 2002 marks the second anniversary of the disappearance at Minsk airport of the young Belarusian cameraman, Dmitri Zavadsky, who was working at the time for the Russian television channel, ORT.