News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre trains Kyrgyz journalists in economic reporting
Publishing date: 4 September 2009
TALAS, 4 September, 2009- A two-day OSCE-supported training course to help journalists improve their coverage of economic and financial topics began today in Talas in northwestern Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE media freedom representative calls on Kyrgyzstan to halt wave of violent attacks against journalists
Publishing date: 16 June 2009
VIENNA, 16 June 2009- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, urged Kyrgyz authorities today to halt a wave of attacks against journalists which is threatening media pluralism ahead of the presidential election...
OSCE Centre supports investigative journalism in southernmost Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 29 May 2009
BATKEN, Kyrgyzstan, 29 May 2009- An OSCE-supported training course ending today helped journalists from across southwestern Kyrgyzstan sharpen their investigative skills...
OSCE Centre supports work of Kyrgyz media complaints committee
Publishing date: 24 December 2008
BISHKEK, 24 December 2008- Out-of-court settlements of media-related conflicts were discussed by a Media Complaints Committee in Bishkek today. The roundtable meeting was supported by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek...
OSCE helps Kyrgyz state press officers and journalists work more closely, share information
Publishing date: 26 March 2008
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 26 March 2008- Promoting effective communication between public bodies and the media is the aim of a two-day training course that started in Osh today...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes Kyrgyzstan's media self-regulatory body, the first in Central Asia
Publishing date: 12 February 2008
VIENNA, 12 February 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFOM), Miklos Haraszti, congratulated today journalists in Kyrgyzstan on the launch of an independent media self-regulatory body...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports regional conference to educate judges on media freedom
Publishing date: 10 October 2007
BISHKEK, 10 October 2007- A conference for judges to learn about and discuss the role of free media in democratic societies was held today in Bishkek with the support of the OSCE Centre...