News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian security to be discussed by OSCE foreign ministers, media freedom on agenda, says Chairperson
Publishing date: 5 December 2011
VILNIUS, 5 December 2011 – Foreign ministers and high-level representatives of the 56 OSCE participating States will meet in Vilnius tomorrow to discuss progress on pressing security challenges and take decisions to chart the way ahead.
OSCE media freedom representative promotes journalists’ safety in run-up to Vilnius Ministerial Council
Publishing date: 4 December 2011
Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, has released a brochure/leaflet raising awareness on issues of journalists’ safety in advance of the OSCE Ministerial Council meeting in Vilnius on 6 and 7 December 2011.
OSCE Mission in Kosovo helps promote media self-regulation
Publishing date: 2 December 2011
A regional conference on media self-regulation for press councils, media institutions, journalists’ associations and academia organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo concluded on 2 December 2011 in Prishtinë/Priština...
OSCE Centre promotes transparency in extractive industries
Publishing date: 2 December 2011
URALSK, Kazakhstan, 2 December 2011 – A two-day OSCE-supported seminar on effective ways for civil society and the media to interact with the government and private companies in implementing the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in Western Kazakhstan and the Caspian Sea region began today in Uralsk...
Internet freedom under threat in Central Asia, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 29 November 2011
DUSHANBE, 29 November 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, warned today that Internet freedom is increasingly under threat in Central Asia and called for governments in the region to promote, not block, access...
OSCE trains online journalists on both sides of Nistru/Dniestr River
Publishing date: 29 November 2011
VADUL-LUI-VODĂ, Moldova, 29 November 2011 – Journalistic and managerial skills for running sustainable Internet media are the focus of a two-day OSCE training seminar that started today in Vadul-lui-Vodă, a town on the Nistru/Dniestr River outside of Chişinău...
OSCE media freedom representative expresses concern over the wiretapping of Slovak journalists
Publishing date: 25 November 2011
VIENNA, 25 November 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today expressed concern over the wiretapping of journalists in Slovakia and asked the authorities to ensure a prompt and thorough investigation...