News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports debate on media coverage of local elections
Publishing date: 6 March 2013
The OSCE Mission to Skopje supported a discussion on 6 March 2013 on party-political and inter-ethnic issues in the media coverage ahead of the 24 March local elections...
OSCE Centre supports discussion on access to information in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 27 February 2013
ASTANA, 27 February 2013 – A two-day roundtable meeting on developing national legislation to ensure the right of access to information in Kazakhstan began today. It was initiated by Internews Kazakhstan and co-organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana...
OSCE media freedom representative calls for inclusive dialogue at Internet freedom conference in Vienna
Publishing date: 14 February 2013
VIENNA, 14 February 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today called for an open and inclusive discussion on the challenges of Internet freedom as she opened the Internet 2013 conference in Vienna...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes Turkish Government’s reform pledge, stresses need to better protect journalists
Publishing date: 5 February 2013
ANKARA, 5 February 2013 – Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, in a productive meeting today with Turkish Justice Minister Sadullah Ergın, commended the government on easing pre-trial detention procedures and stressed the need for further improvements...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes commission on unsolved murders of Serbian journalists, stresses responsibility of government
Publishing date: 30 January 2013
VIENNA, 30 January 2013 – Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, welcomed today the establishment of a commission to assess progress in the investigations of unsolved murders of journalists in Serbia, but emphasized that the government needed to step up its own efforts to protect journalists...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes Gongadze conviction, calls for further investigations
Publishing date: 30 January 2013
VIENNA, 30 January 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today welcomed the conviction of the murderer of Ukrainian journalist Georgyi Gongadze, while urging the authorities to continue to pursue the instigators of this crime...
OSCE media freedom representative concerned about continued arrests of journalists in Turkey
Publishing date: 24 January 2013
VIENNA, 24 January 2013- OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed concern over the latest wave of arrests of journalists in Turkey and urged the authorities to reform the country’s anti-terrorism law...