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Freedom of media: Italy's solution will be a precedent
Publishing date: 22 June 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 22 June 2001 (OSCE)-- On 21 June, Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, spoke at the OSCE Permanent Council addressing his concerns regarding the central task of his mandate: the concentration of control of media
Concern over arrest of journalist in Belarus
Publishing date: 19 June 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 19 June 2001 (OSCE)-- Valeriy Shukin, a Belarus journalist and 13th Supreme Soviet Deputy, was incarcerated on 12 June 2001 for three months on charges of \"hooliganism.\" He was sentenced on 15 March...
OSCE mobile.culture.container project opens in Tuzla
Publishing date: 6 June 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Democratization, Media freedom and development, Media pluralism
TUZLA, 6 June 2001 (OSCE)-- Today, Freimut Duve, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, inaugurated the 'mobile.culture.container' project in Tuzla, in the north of Bosnia and Herzegovina...
Five-year report on Croatia presented to the media
Publishing date: 5 June 2001
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
ZAGREB, 5 June 2001 (OSCE)-- Bernard Poncet, Head of the OSCE Mission to Croatia, presented a five-year report on Croatia\'s progress in meeting its international commitments to the media today. During a press conference, he gave the following...
New OSCE photo gallery online
Publishing date: 28 May 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Economic activities, Border management, Environmental activities, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Roma and Sinti
VIENNA, 28 May 2001 (OSCE)-- An online archive of images depicting the work of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe in its 21 field operations throughout south-eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia and Eastern Europe is now...
Concern over attack against Cyprus daily
Publishing date: 25 May 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 25 May 2001 (OSCE)-- Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, is very much concerned about a recent attack against the independent daily newspaper \'Avrupa\' in the northern part of Cyprus. As a result of a bomb explosion...
Duve concerned about violent attacks against journalists in Spain
Publishing date: 25 May 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 25 May 2001 (OSCE)-- Freimut Duve, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, addressed the Permanent Council yesterday expressing his great concern about the continuing violence against journalists in Spain...