News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Decision to reopen public service broadcaster ERT important step for media pluralism in Greece, OSCE Representative says
Publishing date: 29 April 2015
AACHEN, 29 April 2015- The decision to reopen public service broadcaster ERT is a long awaited and important step to protect media pluralism in Greece, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović said today...
Journalists should not face criminal charges for their work, OSCE Representative says following criminal indictment against journalist in Luxembourg
Publishing date: 28 April 2015
VIENNA, 28 April 2015 – Following criminal charges recently brought against an investigative reporter in Luxembourg, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today said that journalists should not face criminal charges for what they say or write...
OSCE Representative calls on authorities in Skopje to ensure journalists’ safety; investigate all attacks on journalists
Publishing date: 28 April 2015
VIENNA, 28 April 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today called on the authorities in Skopje to guarantee a healthy media environment in order to ensure journalists’ safety, following a recent wave of threats and acts of intimidation targeting members of the media across the country...
Journalists unions from Russia and Ukraine meet to discuss journalists’ safety, jointly condemn attacks on journalists
Publishing date: 23 April 2015
Collections: Two Countries – One Profession: A dialogue between journalists’ organizations from Russia and Ukraine
VIENNA, 23 April 2015 – Senior representatives from the Independent Media Trade Union of Ukraine, National Union of the Journalists of Ukraine, and the Russian Union of Journalists met in Vienna today to discuss ways to improve professional standards and safety of journalists in Ukraine...
OSCE Presence trains Albanian public broadcaster on election reporting
Publishing date: 22 April 2015
News editors and journalists of the Albanian public broadcaster are being trained on election reporting in a three-day intensive course that started on 21 April 2015 in Tirana...
OSCE Representative calls for immediate investigation of death threats against journalists in Skopje
Publishing date: 22 April 2015
VIENNA, 22 April 2015 –OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today called on the authorities to immediately investigate last night’s death threat against the editor of NOVA TV Borjan Jovanovski and his family...
Proposed amendments to legislation in Moldova could endanger free expression and free media, OSCE Representative says
Publishing date: 22 April 2015
VIENNA, 22 April 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today said the proposed amendments to the Audiovisual Code and the Law on Freedom of Expression, recently put before the Moldovan Parliament, could be harmful to free expression and free media...