News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE-supported guidelines for moderating readers’ comments on internet portals presented in Podgorica
Publishing date: 4 March 2019
A set of guidelines, developed with OSCE support, that elaborates rules, ethical standards and guidance on how to moderate readers’ comments on internet portals was presented to the Montenegrin public on 4 March 2019 in Podgorica...
OSCE organizes photography and photojournalism master class for persons with disabilities in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 28 February 2019
An OSCE-organized photography and photojournalism master class for persons with disabilities took place from 22 to 26 February 2019 in Ashgabat...
OSCE Media Freedom Representative raises concerns about short detention of several journalists in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 27 February 2019
VIENNA, 27 February 2019 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, today said he is concerned about the detention of several journalists and bloggers who were covering rallies in the cities of Almaty, Zhanaozen and Uralsk in Kazakhstan...
Roundtable discussion on draft law on media organized with the support of OSCE Mission to Montenegro
Publishing date: 22 February 2019
Free and independent media are a cornerstone of every democratic society, said Head of OSCE Mission to Montenegro Maryse Daviet, opening a roundtable discussion on the country’s draft law on media on 22 February 2019 in Podgorica...
OSCE Representative Désir warns about negative implications for media freedom following judicial ruling against journalist in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 22 February 2019
VIENNA, 22 February 2019 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, today expressed serious concern over the sentence handed down to the editor of the Bastainfo.com online platform, Mustafa Hajibeyli, in Baku, Azerbaijan...
OSCE Programme Office in Astana supports training seminar for media representatives on fundamentals of anti-corruption policies
Publishing date: 22 February 2019
A training seminar for media representatives on the fundamentals of anti-corruption practices was held by the OSCE Programme Office in Astana in partnership with the Agency for Civil Service Affairs and Anti-corruption on 21 February 2019 in Astana...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Media Freedom Representative mark one year since Ján Kuciak’s murder in Slovakia, call for justice and end to impunity
Publishing date: 20 February 2019
VIENNA, 20 February 2019 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajčák and the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir today marked the shocking murder of Slovak investigative journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kušnírová one year ago...