News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE media freedom representative condemns assault on journalists in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 26 November 2015
VIENNA, 26 November 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović strongly condemned today’s attacks on journalists during a police raid against members of a radical group in the village of Nardaran, on the outskirts of Baku...
OSCE Representative presents report on propaganda and media freedom
Publishing date: 26 November 2015
VIENNA, 26 November 2015 – The destructive powers of propaganda and its root causes must be eliminated, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović said today when presenting a non-paper on propaganda and media freedom together with her assessment of the media freedom developments in the OSCE region in the past six months...
Montenegro’s Working group on media self-regulation adopts new journalists’ Code of Ethics, discusses future steps
Publishing date: 25 November 2015
VIENNA, 25 November 2015 – At a roundtable discussion today organized by the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, members of the Working Group on Self-Regulation in Montenegro adopted their newly-amended Journalists’ Code of Ethics, and also agreed to hold a follow-up roundtable discussion in Podgorica...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes new law on access to information in Kazakhstan, but says drawbacks still exist
Publishing date: 25 November 2015
VIENNA, 25 November 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today said the new law on access to information in Kazakhstan is a major step toward greater transparency and accountability of public bodies, but she also noted that the law still has some shortcomings...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes print media privatization law in Ukraine
Publishing date: 24 November 2015
VIENNA, 24 November 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today welcomed the adoption of a law in Ukraine which paves the way for abandoning state and communal ownership of print media outlets...
OSCE Representative lauds Norwegian Supreme Court’s ruling preventing seized journalistic material from being used in terrorism investigation
Publishing date: 24 November 2015
VIENNA, 24 November 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today welcomed a recent ruling by the Supreme Court of Norway requiring police to return footage of radicalized Norwegian youth that was seized from a film-maker in Oslo...
OSCE media freedom representative urges Holy See to respect journalists’ rights to report on issues of public interest
Publishing date: 23 November 2015
VIENNA, 23 November 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today called on the authorities in Vatican City to withdraw criminal charges against two journalists...