19 june, 2018 / By Gbatemah Senah, bushchicken.com MONROVIA, Montserrado – The government of Liberia has announced an immediate suspension of all new operating licenses and authorization it issued to media operators between January 1 and June 18, this year. In a release issued by the Ministry of Information on Monday, the government disclosed that it…
19 June, 2018 / By Emir Olivares Alonso, lajornada.com.mx Ciudad de México. El ataque expansivo contra los periodistas y el periodismo representan hoy la amenaza más directa y significativa a la libertad de expresión en México, señalan los relatores especiales para la Libertad de Expresión de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas y de la Comisión…
18 june, 2018 / By timesofmalta.com MEP Francis Zammit Dimech will serve as rapporteur for his political grouping on legislation concerning whistleblowers. Dr Zammit Dimech will report back to his EPP colleagues on progress Euro-parliamentarians have made in proposing strengthened legislation to ensure whistleblowers across the EU are protected. “After standing up for what is right and exposing breaches of EU law…
18 june, 2018 / By Interfax-Ukraine, kyivpost.com OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Desir has criticized amendments to the law on media adopted by the Belarusian parliament last week. “The adoption of these amendments sends a worrying signal about media freedom and pluralism,” Desir said in a statement published on the OSCE’s website.…
18 june, 2018 / By ECA, elconfidencialautonomico.com Ahora uno de los consejeros considera que se ha producido una vulneración del principio de neutralidad informativa que debería “impedir” que en los medios se pueda mezclar opinión con información. Tal y como ha podido saber El Confidencial Autonómico por fuentes del CAC, lo hicieron por si podía vulnerar el…
10 June, 2018 / By Cristina Vázquez, elpais.com La directora general de À punt asegura que la voluntad es no malgastar ni despilfarrar ni un euro de los valencianos La periodista y filóloga Empar Marco (Godella, 1959) ganó el concurso público a la dirección general de À punt -que sucede a Radiotelevisión Valenciana (RTVV)- en febrero de…
9 june, 2018 / By freepresskashmir.com ‘I never thought the day would come when in my own country, I would be told to hire private security’ Barkha Dutt, a senior journalist Indian told platform Newsclick that she had been receiving veiled threats from ‘powerful people in the establishment’. In an interview with journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta on…
8 june, 2018 / By Cherry Agarwal, newslaundry.com For a week now, former President Pranab Mukherjee’s tentative visit to the Nagpur headquarters of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has been making news. Mukherjee, formerly a Congress leader, had accepted the Sangh’s invite to be the chief guest at the passing out parade of Sangh trainees, much…
7, June, 2018 / By middle-east-online.com Turkish journalists complain of a lack of pluralism in traditional media, dominated by coverage of President Erdogan. ISTANBUL – It’s not an obvious location for a media organisation. A gritty area dominated by car repair workshops in the backstreets of Istanbul. There’s no sign outside — just a photocopied sheet…
7, June, 2018 / By ebu.ch The EBU has welcomed the political deal reached on the revised Audiovisual Media Services (AVMS) Directive. Following months of trilogue discussions, the EBU welcomed the final political agreement and commended the fact that it maintains key provisions of the AVMS Directive to secure access to impartial news, information and major…
7, June, 2018 / By Europa press, lavanguardia.com El Ministerio de Economía y Empresa, dirigido por Nadia Calviño, deberá afrontar una nueva reordenación de la Televisión Digital Terrestre (TDT), como consecuencia del conocido como ‘Segundo Dividendo Digital’, por el que las televisiones deberán mudar de frecuencia y ceder su espacio para impulsar el desarrollo del…
6 june, 2018 / By ghanaweb.com He stresses that the social intervention programmes by the former president when he was in power are still relevant in the development of this country as no president in the fourth republic has been able to roll out such life changing social intervention programmes even though the former president…
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