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Winners of OSCE-supported media contest highlighting women's role in Armenia receive awards

Publishing date: 27 January 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Economic activities, Human rights, Gender equality, Tolerance and non-discrimination
YEREVAN, 27 January 2009- A television report on a female taxi driver and a radio report on a female trolley bus driver were among winners announced today in an OSCE-supported competition awarding media for coverage of women's achievements...

OSCE media freedom representative warns of spiralling violence against journalists in Russia, urges government to act

Publishing date: 23 January 2009
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, 23 January 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, said today he had called on the President and the Prime Minister of Russia to undertake a resolute and vocal effort to protect journalists' physical security...

OSCE conference focuses on effective migration management

Publishing date: 19 January 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Human rights, Migration, National minority issues
VIENNA, 19 January 2009- Policymakers and experts will discuss managing migration and its linkages with economic, social and environmental policies at the First Part of the 17th OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum which started in Vienna today...

OSCE media freedom representative asks Bosnia and Herzegovina authorities to keep broadcast regulator independent

Publishing date: 16 January 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media pluralism, Media self-regulation
VIENNA, 16 January 2009- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, said today he had asked the authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina to prevent legal changes that would threaten the independence of the country's broadcast...

OSCE media freedom representative calls for the release of Kazakh journalist arrested in secrecy case

Publishing date: 14 January 2009
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, 14 January 2009- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, said today he had urged Kazakh authorities to release a journalist accused of disclosing official secrets and to adjust the relevant laws...

Azerbaijan's ban on foreign FM radio broadcasting is serious step backwards, says OSCE media freedom representative

Publishing date: 30 December 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 30 December 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, criticized Azerbaijan's decision today to bar foreign broadcasters from FM radio frequencies as a step backwards for democracy, and urged Baku to reconsider...

OSCE Mission to Skopje supports report on human trafficking trials

Publishing date: 23 December 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
SKOPJE, 23 December 2008- A report, supported by the OSCE Spillover Mission to Skopje, with findings and recommendations based on monitoring of trials related to human trafficking for the period of 2005-2008 was presented today in Skopje...