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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Concern about media situation in OSCE countries
Publishing date: 2 May 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 2 May 2001-- On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, 3 May, the Organization for Security and Co-operation (OSCE) Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, issued the following statement
Representative on Freedom of the Media cancels visit to Belarus
Publishing date: 24 April 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws
VIENNA, 24 April 2001-- Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of Media, has decided not to visit Belarus as scheduled 25 April 2001...
Spanish and Ukrainian journalists share Prize for Journalism and Democracy 2001
Publishing date: 20 April 2001
Content type: Press release
What we do: Media freedom and development
COPENHAGEN, 20 April 2001-- The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly has decided to share the 2001 OSCE Prize for Journalism and Democracy between Spanish journalist José Luis LÓPEZ DE LACALLE and Ukrainian journalist Georgiy GONGADZE.
Concern about the future of press freedom in Russia
Publishing date: 18 April 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 18 April 2001-- Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of Media, has expressed his serious concern about the closure of the independent newspaper Segodnya and dismissal of all staff of the independent magazine Itogi in Moscow.
OSCE assistance to media in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 17 April 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Media freedom and development
DUSHANBE, 17 April 2001-- The OSCE will be providing material assistance and training to media in the Gorno- Badakhshan Oblast of Tajikistan. The assistance is part of a programme aimed at supporting media in isolated regions of Tajikistan
"With Us, For Us": OSCE weekly radio show in Kosovo
Publishing date: 12 April 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
PRISTINA, 12 April 2001-- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo\'s new weekly radio programme goes on-air this Sunday, 15 April 2001. The fifteen minute show- \"Me ne, për ne\" (With us, for us)- will feature stories about the Organization\'s work in Kosovo...
Radio FERN receives praise from founders and donors
Publishing date: 12 April 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Media freedom and development
SARAJEVO, 12 April 2001-- The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, the Swiss Government, and the European Commission commend Radio FERN for remarkable service to the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina...