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OSCE Mission to Croatia mourns death of staff member

Publishing date: 13 January 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development
ZAGREB, 13 January 2004- A member of the OSCE Mission to Croatia, Steve Degeneve, tragically died yesterday evening less than two hours after a car accident. Degeneve, a 37-year old French citizen...

Former OSCE Media Representative receives Germany's Order of Merit

Publishing date: 13 January 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 13 January 2004- The former OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, today received the Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany from President Johannes Rau. The award honoured Duve's...

Mandate of OSCE Mission to Croatia extended to 31 December 2004

Publishing date: 18 December 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues
ZAGREB, 18 December 2003- The OSCE Permanent Council has extended today the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Croatia until 31 December 2004. It also gave full support to the Mission's report on Croatia and its principal findings. The OSCE Chair...

Journalism is more than a market product, says OSCE media watchdog in new study on media concentration in Europe

Publishing date: 18 December 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 18 December 2003- Media concentration and foreign media ownership might turn out to be a structural obstacle for free and pluralistic media, according to the OSCE's Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve...

OSCE media freedom representative and Council of Europe concerned over death of journalist in Ukraine

Publishing date: 18 December 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA/STRASBOURG, 18 December 2003- Walter Schwimmer, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, and Freimut Duve, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, voiced their concern today over the death of another journalist in Ukraine...

OSCE Mission concerned over shooting of media owner in Croatia

Publishing date: 17 December 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development
ZAGREB, 17 December 2003- The OSCE Mission to Croatia has expressed its concerns today over Monday night's shooting of one of the co-owners of Croatia's first commercial TV station, NOVA TV. The shots fired at Ivan Caleta resulted in serious leg...

New Croatian government faces key test on human rights implementation, says OSCE Mission report

Publishing date: 16 December 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues
ZAGREB, 16 December 2003- A new report issued by the OSCE Mission to Croatia urges the new Croatian government to ensure that key human rights issues are dealt with as priorities. "The new Government inherits a mixed legacy, on the one hand, the...