October 23, 2017/ By La Vanguardia Decanos de las facultades con estudios de Comunicación han rechazado este lunes la intervención anunciada por el Gobierno de los medios de comunicación públicos, y han considerado que sería “un ataque contra la libertad de expresión”, han informado este lunes en un comunicado conjunto. Han asegurado que, de producirse,…
October 23, 2017 / By RTVE Sindicatos y consejos profesionales de televisiones públicas como RTVE, Telemadrid y la vasca EiTB han criticado este lunes que las medidas del artículo 155 de la Constitución –aprobadas este sábado por el Consejo de Ministros y que el Senado tendrá que refrendar este viernes- incluyan el control de TV3 y Catalunya Ràdio con la posibilidad de…
October 22, 2017 / By El Confidencial Tensión máxima en el Consejo Audiovisual de Cataluña (CAC). El regulador audiovisual catalán responsable de velar, entre otras cosas, por el pluralismo en los medios catalanes, vive su particular Vietnam a cuenta de las últimas votaciones relativas a las actuaciones de TV3 y Catalunya Ràdio durante el desafío independentista. El CAC, que depende directamente…
October 22, 2017 / By El Correo El papel de los medios de comunicación públicos, TV3 y Catalunya Radio, ha estado bajo el foco del Gobierno desde que el pasado 6 de septiembre se aprobara en el Parlament la Ley del Referéndum de Autodeterminación, anulada posteriormente por el Tribunal Constitucional. Así, no es de extrañar…
October 20, 2017/ By Modern Ghana The Communications Minister has said the authorisations of radio stations that were revoked recently by the National Communications Authority (NCA) will be re-issued to new applicants. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful made the revelation on Thursday, October 19, 2017 when she appeared before Parliament to justify the recent revocation by the NCA.…
October 5, 2017/ By Danny Gonzalo Monsálvez A. La controversia producida entre la candidata Beatriz Sánchez y el ex ministro de la dictadura Sergio Melnick, ha puesto nuevamente en el tapete de la discusión el tema de la responsabilidad de los civiles que participaron de la dictadura de Pinochet. Pero no se trata de cualquier civil,…
September 30, 2017 / By Ghanaweb The New Patriotic Party (NPP) lawmaker for Ledzokuku in the Greater Accra Region, Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye is unhappy about the closure of 34 radio stations by the National communications Authority (NCA). “When a good action becomes a problem for the majority of people that action no matter its…
September 30. 2017/ By Ghanaweb The unfolding brouhaha emanating from corruption allegations levelled by controversial musician, A Plus against two Deputy Chiefs of Staff, Asenso-Boakye and Abu Jinapor never seems to end as a leaked audio conversation between A Plus and the Deputy Director of Police CID, Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah indicating that the investigative…
September 14, 2017 / By Alla Rosca The greatest propagandist of Moldova pretends to be the great propaganda fighter,” remarked Maia Sandu, the pro-European leader of the Action and Solidarity Party, about Vladimir Plahotniuc’s recent legislative initiative. In June 2017, Plahotniuc, the chairman of Moldova’s Democratic Party, introduced legislation ostensibly intended to bolster the security…
September 11, 2017/ By Fairpress Mr. Désir was appointed as the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media on 18 July 2017 for a period of three years. His activities, as the OSCE RoFM, include observing media developments as part of an early warning function and helping participating States abide by their commitments to freedom…
September 10, 2017 / By Mironline The world’s 400th IKEA store recently opened in Serbia. This seemingly banal event has special significance for the country, where an IKEA first opened in the early 1990s and quickly closed as the crisis in Yugoslavia worsened. Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić effusively praised the arrival of the furniture store as a…
September 7, 2017/ By The Straits Times The most recent murder of one of India’s prominent journalists, Ms Gauri Lankesh – shot at close range in the chest and head by motorbike-riding gunmen in front of her home in Bangalore on Tuesday – is symptomatic of a larger climate of politically-motivated attacks on journalists asking…
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