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OSCE media watchdog's office ends training seminar to improve reporting of governmental information in Azerbaijan

Publishing date: 19 July 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Education, Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media pluralism, Media self-regulation
BAKU, 20 July 2006- An OSCE-organized seminar aiming to improve public access to government information by strengthening relations between authorities and the media concluded today in Baku...

OSCE Mission to Croatia encourages politicians to be responsible when electing HINA Steering Council members

Publishing date: 13 July 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development
ZAGREB, 13 July 2006- The OSCE Mission to Croatia today encouraged politicians to be responsible in electing members of the HINA Steering Council. "Being the only public national news agency...

OSCE media watchdog gives good marks to Kosovo media, but says more improvements needed

Publishing date: 3 July 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws
VIENNA, 3 July 2006- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, said in a report issued today that the media freedom situation in Kosovo has changed for the better, but singled out areas where more work needed to be done...

OSCE media watchdog praises Croatia's abolition of prison sentences for defamation

Publishing date: 29 June 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 29 June 2006- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, today commended the Croatian Parliament for adopting amendments to the Criminal Code that abolish imprisonment as a sanction for defamation...

OSCE media watchdog notes improvements in Armenian media legislation, calls for more pluralism

Publishing date: 21 June 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media pluralism
YEREVAN, 21 June 2006- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, said today that Armenia has made significant progress in improving media legislation, but actual media pluralism remained limited to the print media...

OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media asks Kazakhstan to withdraw media law amendments

Publishing date: 19 June 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws
VIENNA, 19 June 2006- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, today asked the Kazakh authorities to withdraw from parliament a set of proposed amendments to the media law he argues would represent a setback for media freedom...

Croatian democratic institutions made considerable progress, OSCE Mission report says

Publishing date: 13 June 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Policing
ZAGREB, 13 June 2006- Croatia's democratic institutions in the field of civil society, police and media have made considerable progress towards becoming self-sustainable, the OSCE Mission to Croatia says in a report that will be presented to OSCE...