News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre completes training seminars for journalists on new media legislation
Publishing date: 14 November 2014
AKTOBE, Kazakhstan, 14 November 2014 – An OSCE-supported training seminar to raise awareness of journalists and media lawyers from the country’s regions on the impact of the new Criminal Code and Code of Administrative Offences on their professional activities and their security began today in Aktobe...
OSCE Representative calls for full investigation of police attack on journalist in Romania
Publishing date: 13 November 2014
BUDAPEST, 13 November 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today said that a recent attack on a journalist by law enforcement officers in Bucharest is unacceptable and must be subject to an exhaustive investigation...
Journalism skills in focus of OSCE training in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 13 November 2014
ASHGABAT, 13 November 2014- More than twenty journalists from Turkmenistan participated in an OSCE-organized training course on journalism writing and editing skills that concluded in Ashgabat today...
Public service broadcasting’s vital role for advancing media freedom discussed at OSCE South Caucasus Media Conference in Tbilisi
Publishing date: 11 November 2014
TBILISI, 11 November 2014 – Public service broadcasting (PSB) is a vital element of democracy, and an important source of unbiased information and diverse political opinions, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, said in her closing remarks at 11th annual South Caucasus Media Conference in Tbilisi today...
Increased repression of free media in Azerbaijan must stop, OSCE Representative says
Publishing date: 10 November 2014
TBILISI, 10 November 2014 – Following the detention of Azerbaijani blogger Mehman Huseynov, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today said that the ongoing and increasing number of repressive actions against independent media and advocates of freedom of expression in Azerbaijan must stop.
OSCE supports participation of Kyrgyz public broadcasting companies at 11th South Caucasus Media Conference
Publishing date: 10 November 2014
The OSCE Centre in Bishkek is supporting the participation of the Advisory Board representative of the public broadcasting corporation of the Kyrgyz Republic and the director of the public broadcasting company “Yntymak” in the 11th South Caucasus Media Conference on “Public Service Broadcasting in the Digital Age”, which is being organized by the OSCE Office on Freedom of the Media, from 10 to 11 November in Tbilisi...
OSCE Mission to Montenegro facilitates public discussion on implementation of Free Access to Information Act
Publishing date: 6 November 2014
The implementation of the Law on Free Access to Information was the focus of a public discussion organized by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, with support of the Montenegrin Agency for the Protection of Personal Data and Free Access to Information, on 6 November 2014 in Bijelo Polje...