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OSCE Kosovo Mission Head visits public service broadcaster, broadcast regulator
Publishing date: 19 March 2015
On 18 and 19 March 2015, the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Jean-Claude Schlumberger, visited the Radio Television of Kosovo (RTK) and the Independent Media Commission (IMC) and met with the representatives of the executive bodies of those two media institutions...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo head concerned with attack on newspaper editor, head of journalists association
Publishing date: 10 December 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Media freedom and development
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 10 December 2014 – The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo Ambassador Jean-Claude Schlumberger expressed today his concern over an attack on newspaper editor and the head of the Association of Kosovo Journalists Zekirja Shabani...
OSCE strongly condemns attempted murder of journalist in Kosovo
Publishing date: 27 October 2014
Content type: Press release
What we do: Media freedom and development
PRISHTINE/PRISTINA/VIENNA, 27 October 2014 – Ambassador Jean-Claude Schlumberger, Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, and OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović, today strongly condemned the attempted murder of Klan Kosova TV station journalist, Milot Hasimja...
OSCE condemns death threats against journalists in Kosovo, calls for protection
Publishing date: 18 September 2014
Content type: Press release
What we do: Media freedom and development
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA/VIENNA, 18 September 2014- Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Jean-Claude Schlumberger, and OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović, expressed today their concern over the safety of journalists and condemned the latest in a series of death threats against Artan Haraqija, a journalist with the Indeksonline news portal...
OSCE calls for greater protection of journalists in Kosovo
Publishing date: 4 September 2014
Content type: Press release
What we do: Media freedom and development
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA / VIENNA, 4 September 2014 – Following recent threats directed at Visar Duriqi, journalist with the Prishtinë/Priština-based news portal Express, the OSCE media freedom representative, Dunja Mijatović today condemned the threats, and the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Jean-Claude Schlumberger, called on institutions in Kosovo to provide greater security for journalists...
OSCE Kosovo Mission promotes journalism ethics and reporting standards
Publishing date: 14 August 2014
The last in a series of three workshops organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo on professional reporting standards, ethics, and media accountability for young journalists concluded in Prizren on 14 August 2014...
Active civil society involvement and institutional responses crucial to stamping out hate speech, say OSCE conference participants in Kosovo
Publishing date: 13 June 2014
Content type: Press release
What we do: Media freedom and development
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 13 June 2014 – The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Jean –Claude Schlumberger, and the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, opened today in Prishtinё/Priština a one-day regional conference on taking action against hate speech without violating the freedom of expression...