News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Media Representative greets decision by Kazakhstan President to send media law for review
Publishing date: 8 April 2004
VIENNA, 8 April 2004- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, has expressed his satisfaction with the decision of Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev to send a contested draft media law to the Constitutional Council...
OSCE Media Representative asks for charges to be dropped against two journalists in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 6 April 2004
VIENNA, 6 April 2004- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, asked the Turkmen Government to drop all charges against Rakhim Esenov and Ashyrguly Bayryev, who were arrested by the National Security Ministry on...
OSCE organizes for Bosnia and Herzegovina's 'next generation' to visit Strasbourg
Publishing date: 2 April 2004
SARAJEVO, 2 April 2004- A group of 24 young people from Bosnia and Herzegovina, participating in the OSCE's Successor Generation Initiative (SGI) Programme, will pay a study visit to Strasbourg from 3 to 10 April to learn more about the European...
OSCE Mission-sponsored documentary on refugees to be aired on Croatian TV
Publishing date: 24 March 2004
ZAGREB, 24 March 2004- Croatian Television (HTV) will air this week an independent documentary series on the return of refugees to the country. "Somebody's Land" was filmed and produced by...
UN, OSCE agree to expand joint counter-terrorism activities
Publishing date: 12 March 2004
VIENNA, 12 March 2004- A two-day counter-terrorism meeting in Vienna ended on Friday with a call for greater co-operation between international, regional and sub-regional organizations in strengthening common defences against terrorism...
UN-OSCE counter-terrorism conference begins with minute's silence for Madrid victims
Publishing date: 11 March 2004
VIENNA, 11 March 2004- A UN-OSCE counter-terrorism conference in Vienna began on Thursday with a minute's silence in honour of the victims of terrorist bomb attacks in Madrid earlier in the day...
New OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media addresses Permanent Council
Publishing date: 11 March 2004
VIENNA, 11 March 2004- The newly appointed OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Miklos Haraszti today delivered his first address to the OSCE Permanent Council. "In my work, I will not differentiate between the West and the East...