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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Representative on Media Freedom asks Berlusconi for clarification
Publishing date: 23 April 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 23 April 2002- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has sent a letter to the acting Italian Foreign Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, asking for clarification on an alleged statement by him quoted by the European media...
OSCE Prize for Journalism and Democracy in 2002 goes to Friedrich Orter and Pavel Sheremet
Publishing date: 22 April 2002
Content type: Press release
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development
COPENHAGEN, 22 April 2002- The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA) has decided to share this year's OSCE Prize for Journalism and Democracy between the Austrian TV-journalist Friedrich Orter and...
Judicial reform and combating organized crime top agenda of Friends of Albania meeting in Vienna
Publishing date: 17 April 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Presence in Albania
VIENNA, 17 April 2002- Judicial reform and combating organized crime as well as economic development in Albania were the main focus of today's meeting of the Friends of Albania group
OSCE welcomes Serbian Government's approval of draft Law on Broadcasting
Publishing date: 5 April 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Media freedom and development
BELGRADE, 5 April 2002- The OSCE Mission to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) welcomes the approval of the draft Law on Broadcasting and the decision of the Serbian Government to pass it immediately to Parliament, asking for it to be examined...
OSCE Media Representative raises concern over media freedom with Israeli Foreign Minister
Publishing date: 4 April 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, 4 April 2002- "I am very concerned about the reported limitations imposed on the media, the violence against journalists [] promoted by the army of Israel," Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, has stressed...
OSCE concerned about attack on Kazakh senator
Publishing date: 2 April 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
ALMATY, 2 April 2002- The OSCE Centre in Almaty is deeply concerned about the fact that, in the early morning of 2 April, special police forces physically attacked a Member of Parliament. Senator Zauresh Battalova said that she was subjected...
OSCE sends Kosovo journalists on working trip to Switzerland
Publishing date: 21 March 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Media freedom and development
PRISTINA, 21 March 2002- A group of six radio journalists from Kosovo are undergoing a four-day fact-finding trip to Switzerland to visit the Parliament and meet Swiss counterparts from German and French-speaking broadcast media...