News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission Head says media professionals in Serbia need safer working environment
Publishing date: 3 May 2007
BELGRADE, 3 May 2007- To mark World Press Freedom Day today, the Head of the OSCE Mission, Ambassador Hans Ola Urstad, said that media professionals in Serbia needed a safer working environment and called for the protection of the...
Harsh sentence of Uzbek journalist violates commitments, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 2 May 2007
VIENNA, 2 May 2007- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media condemned today the 7-year prison sentence handed down to Umida Niyazova, an Uzbek investigative journalist collecting materials about the Andijan tragedy in 2005.
Landmark OSCE survey examines barriers to journalists' investigative rights
Publishing date: 2 May 2007
BRUSSELS, 2 May 2007- Societies have more access to information than ever before, but weak laws and prosecution against the media diminish journalists' investigative abilities, said the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Miklos Haraszti...
OSCE Office supports publication on political parties taking part in Armenian parliamentary elections
Publishing date: 2 May 2007
YEREVAN, 2 May 2007- An OSCE-supported handbook summarizing the programmes, activities and goals of political parties running for the 12 May parliamentary elections in Armenia was presented in Yerevan today. The publication...
Kazakhstan focused on 2009 OSCE Chairmanship, on course with democratic reforms, says Foreign Minister
Publishing date: 30 April 2007
VIENNA, 30 April 2007- Kazakhstan Foreign Minister Marat Tazhin said today his country was eager to get the OSCE Chairmanship in 2009 and was introducing a range of democratic reforms to meet this goal...
OSCE an appropriate forum for missile defence discussions, says Organization's Chairman
Publishing date: 28 April 2007
MADRID, 28 April 2007- The OSCE Chairman Miguel Angel Moratinos said today he agreed with Russian President Vladimir Putin that the Organization was an appropriate forum to discuss Washington's missile defence proposals...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine holds meeting for consular officials on preventing human trafficking
Publishing date: 27 April 2007
KYIV, 27 April 2007- Ways to develop closer co-operation between consular services and Ukrainian authorities to combat human trafficking were discussed at a meeting in Kyiv today...
OSCE Representative asks Azerbaijani President to halt persecution of journalists, greets renewed license for embattled broadcaster
Publishing date: 27 April 2007
BAKU, 27 April 2007- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, asked President Ilham Aliyev today to issue a moratorium on criminal prosecution of journalists and follow up with a decriminalization reform...
International standards on information security discussed in Yerevan with OSCE help
Publishing date: 27 April 2007
YEREVAN, 27 April 2007- Methods of managing information security according to internationally-recognized standards were the topic of a discussion organized by the OSCE Office in Yerevan today...
OSCE Presence holds seminar on Albanian domestic violence law
Publishing date: 27 April 2007
TIRANA, 27 April 2007- Albanian judges, prosecutors and police officers took part in seminars the last two weeks on assisting victims of domestic violence. They were organized by the OSCE Presence in Albania, the Council of Europe and...