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Mission to Croatia refutes statement of Croatian Christian Democratic Union

Publishing date: 24 May 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Elections, National minority issues
ZAGREB, 24 May 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE Mission to Croatia refutes the statement of the Croatian Christian Democratic Union (HKDU) on alleged bias during the monitoring of the local elections in Udbina. Croatian state television (HRT) had reported...

Freimut Duve demands separation between media and politics in Italy

Publishing date: 23 May 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 23 May 2001 (OSCE)- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, issued a call to the new Italian Government and to the European Union States demanding a clear and transparent legal and economic separation between...

Croatian local elections generally in line with international election standards

Publishing date: 21 May 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Elections
ZAGREB, 21 May 2001 (OSCE)- Yesterday's local government elections in Croatia were conducted generally in accordance with international standards for democratic elections, concluded the International Election Observation Mission in a statement

130 International observers deployed for Croatia elections, 20 May

Publishing date: 16 May 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Elections
ZAGREB, 16 May 2001- About 130 international observers will be deployed by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) Election Observation Mission for the 20 May local government elections in Croatia.

Appeal to Macedonian media to refrain from "Hate Speech"

Publishing date: 7 May 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Hate speech, Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 7 May 2001-- Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, appeals to the media in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to refrain from any form of \"hate speech\"...

World Press Freedom Day: Media freedom in Croatia has improved

Publishing date: 2 May 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development
ZAGREB, 2 May 2001-- Freedom of expression in Croatia has improved and obstacles to freedom of the press have lessened but more can be done to improve the media situation in Croatia, said the Head of the OSCE Mission to Croatia, Bernard Poncet...

Concern about media situation in OSCE countries

Publishing date: 2 May 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Democratization, Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media pluralism, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 2 May 2001-- On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, 3 May, the Organization for Security and Co-operation (OSCE) Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, issued the following statement