News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes highest UK court's decision backing investigative journalism
Publishing date: 16 October 2006
VIENNA, 16 October 2006- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media praised the decision of the Law Lords, Britain's highest court, to grant journalists the right to publish unproven allegations in cases of public interest, provided that...
More co-operation needed to avoid fires in Nagorno-Karabakh region, OSCE-led expert mission finds
Publishing date: 13 October 2006
YEREVAN, 13 October 2006- An OSCE-led team of international and local experts today called for more co-operation to prevent and manage fires in and around Nagorno-Karabakh following the end of a 10-day mission to assess the environmental...
OSCE Secretary General makes first visit to partner state Mongolia
Publishing date: 11 October 2006
ULAANBAATAR, 11 October 2006- The Secretary General of the OSCE, Ambassador Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, made a two-day trip to Mongolia this week for talks with the country's President and other officials. Ambassador de Brichambaut...
OSCE media freedom representative calls on Azerbaijan's president to decriminalize defamation
Publishing date: 9 October 2006
BAKU, 9 October 2006- The OSCE Media Freedom Representative, Miklos Haraszti, today urged Azerbaijan's president and foreign minister to decriminalize defamation...
Experts from OSCE Black Sea and Caspian countries agree to co-operate to protect ports from terrorists
Publishing date: 6 October 2006
ANTWERP, 6 October 2006- Keeping ports safe from terrorists and other threats was the theme of a workshop concluding today that brought together port security experts from 12 OSCE Black Sea and Caspian Sea countries...
OSCE-led team starts mission to assess environmental impact of southern Caucasus fires
Publishing date: 3 October 2006
BAKU, 3 October 2006- An OSCE-led team of international experts, backed by a United Nations General Assembly resolution, began an 11-day mission today to assess the environmental impact of fires in and around Nagorno-Karabakh...
Irish draft bill on defamation major improvement, but job unfinished, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 29 September 2006
VIENNA, 29 September 2006- A legal review presented today to the Irish government by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media says draft bills on defamation and privacy contain major improvements, but need to completely decriminalize defamation...