News and press releases

VIENNA, 4 January 2014 – OSCE media freedom representative Dunja Mijatović today condemned last night’s physical attack on Dan newspaper journalist Lidija Nikčević and called on the authorities to finally end impunity for attacks against journalists...

The Head of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro Janina Hrebickova has condemned in the strongest terms the explosion at the offices of the “Vijesti” daily newspaper on December 26th and called for ongoing investigations into the incident to be pursued...

VIENNA, 27 December 2013 – OSCE media freedom representative Dunja Mijatović today condemned yesterday’s bomb attack against the offices of Vijesti newspaper in Podgorica, Montenegro, resulting in material damages...

PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 26 December 2013 – The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Jean-Claude Schlumberger welcomed today the decision by the Assembly of Kosovo to dismiss two members of the Independent Media Commission (IMC) Board...

VIENNA, 26 December 2013 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed concern about the arrest of Abdurakhim Shukurov, a camera operator working for the Ozodagon News Agency in Tajikistan...

VIENNA, 25 December 2013 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed deep concern about journalists' safety in Ukraine following an attack on Tatyana Chernovil, a journalist with Ukrainskaya pravda...

The “The Best in the Net” guidebook aimed at online journalists was launched on 23 December 2013 in Yerevan. The publication provides both theoretical and practical knowledge on creating high-quality online media, as well as offering guidelines on information security. The publication was prepared by the non-governmental organization Journalists for the Future with the support of the OSCE Office in Yerevan...