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OSCE Mission Head calls for long-term financing solution for public broadcaster, greater access to public documents in Kosovo
Publishing date: 2 May 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Media freedom and development
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 2 May 2014 – Ahead of the World Press Freedom Day marked on 3 May, the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Jean-Claude Schlumberger, called on central level institutions to identify a long-term solution for the financing of the Kosovo’s only public broadcaster, the Radio Television of Kosovo (RTK), and urged them to ensure unhindered access to public documents for journalists...
Statement by OSCE Kosovo Mission Head on situation with broadcast media regulator
Publishing date: 26 December 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Media freedom and development
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 26 December 2013 – The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Jean-Claude Schlumberger welcomed today the decision by the Assembly of Kosovo to dismiss two members of the Independent Media Commission (IMC) Board...
Changing negative perceptions key to improving relations between media and judiciary in Kosovo, say OSCE workshop participants
Publishing date: 16 August 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Media freedom and development, Rule of law
Some 40 judges and media professionals discussed their working relations at an OSCE Mission in Kosovo-organized workshop on 15 August 2013 in Prishtinë/Priština...
OSCE condemns attack on Kosovo public broadcaster editor in chief
Publishing date: 1 May 2013
Content type: Press release
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, SAN JOSÉ, 1 May 2013 – Ambassador Jean-Claude Schlumberger, the head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, and Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE media freedom representative, condemned today the attack on Mufail Limani, the editor in chief of the public broadcaster, Radio Television of Kosovo (RTK)...
Ahead of World Press Freedom Day, OSCE Kosovo Mission Head says journalists must be protected
Publishing date: 30 April 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Media freedom and development
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 30 April 2013 – Ambassador Jean Claude Schlumberger, the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, made the following statement today ahead of the World Press Freedom Day marked on 3 May...
OSCE media freedom representative condemns attack against journalist in Mitrovica
Publishing date: 23 April 2013
Content type: Press release
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
WARSAW, 23 April 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today condemned the recent attack on Gezim Bimbashi, a reporter with public broadcaster RTK TV...
Self-regulation, code of ethics key to fighting pressure on print media, conclude OSCE conference participants
Publishing date: 22 November 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Media freedom and development
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 22 November 2012- Self-regulatory bodies for print media have a key role to play in improving the quality of reporting, protecting media from undue pressure, and increasing their competitiveness in saturated media markets, the participants of an OSCE conference on the state of print media in South Eastern Europe concluded today...