News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE conference participants make recommendations on improving media environment in South East Europe
Publishing date: 1 October 2013
From 18 to 20 September 2013, more than 180 journalists, representatives of civil society, government and academics, along with international experts, gathered in Tirana, Albania, to take part in the 3rd South East Europe Media Conference...
OSCE Mission to Skopje organizes training for police public relations officers
Publishing date: 30 September 2013
The OSCE Mission to Skopje today concluded a workshop for 15 public relations officers at the Interior Ministry that took place from 28 to 30 September 2013. The aim of the event was to help the police to more effectively provide information to the public in times of crisis...
OSCE Office in Yerevan supported workshop for Armenian journalists on reporting about penal system
Publishing date: 30 September 2013
OSCE Office in Yerevan in co-operation with the non-governmental organization Helsinki Committee of Armenia organized a workshop on principles of reporting about penal system, for journalists from 28 to 29 September 2013 in Tsaghkadzor...
Second journalist detained in Russia must be set free, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 27 September 2013
VIENNA, 27 September 2013 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today called on the Russian authorities to release another journalist arrested while covering the Greenpeace action at Gazprom’s Prirazlomnaya platform...
OSCE media freedom representative calls on Azerbaijani authorities to stop imprisonment of journalists
Publishing date: 27 September 2013
VIENNA, 27 September 2013 –OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today called on the Azerbaijani authorities to stop prosecution of journalists following the handing down of a prison sentence to newspaper editor Hilal Mamedov...
OSCE media freedom representative concerned about newspaper suspensions in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 27 September 2013
VIENNA, 27 September 2013 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed concern about recent suspensions of newspapers in Kazakhstan...
OSCE Office trains Azerbaijani journalists on investigative reporting skills
Publishing date: 27 September 2013
As part of its investigative reporting skills training project for Azerbaijani journalists, the OSCE Office in Baku organized the third training course for journalists focusing on human trafficking and forced labour cases from 26 to 27 September 2013, in Guba city, north of Azerbaijan...