20 July, 2017 By Stefano Stefanini, EURACTIV.com Federica Mogherini must push the Gulf states to clean up on terrorism and work towards an end to the standoff with Qatar, writes Stefano Stefanini. Stefano Stefanini is former permanent representative of Italy to NATO and diplomatic advisor to former Italian President Napolitano. This Sunday (23 July), Federica Mogherini will visit…
July 18, 2017 / By prnoticias.com ¿Son los medios de comunicación europeos verdaderamente independientes? Aunque aparentemente los países occidentalizados tienen presumen de su libertad de información un estudio encargado por la Unión Europea pone en cuestión esta afirmación. El documento, emitido por el Centro de Estudio de Política Europea bajo el nombre de Análisis comparativo…
18 July, 2017 / By Espaciodircom.com La libertad y el pluralismo de los medios nunca se habían cuestionado tanto como hasta ahora en Europa, hasta el punto de que hace unos meses, el Parlamento Europeo encargó un informe al Centro de Estudios de Política Europea (CEPS) para evaluar el alcance de esta situación. Fruto de esta investigación…
16 July, 2017 / By Deutsche Welle Saudi Arabia has yet to present a single reasonable argument in its row with Qatar, says Kersten Knipp. Serious power interests are at stake – as is, above all, the political culture of the whole region. It’s a long way from Saudi Arabia to Europe, which sometimes makes…
12 July, 2017 / By Nase Al Wasmi The UAE sends letter to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights as Bahrain accuses Al Jazeera normalising extremist ideologies in the region. Ministers from the four Arab countries boycotting Qatar have condemned Al Jazeera news network for promoting extremist narratives saying the protection of the right to freedom…
11 July, 2017 / By El Mundo La presidenta del Consejo Audiovisual de Andalucía (CAA), Emelina Fernández Soriano, ha mantenido una reunión en Málaga con representantes de las televisiones públicas locales de Andalucía para informarles de las mejoras que se van a introducir en los indicadores para medir el pluralismo político en los medios audiovisuales…
7 July, 2017 / By Mykola Riabchuk, New Eastern Europe Not long ago, the reputable Denmark-based international watchdog Freemuse, which monitors the freedom of artistic expression around the globe, published its annual report, titled “Art under threat”. One of the highlighted pieces from the report stated that “Ukraine in 2016 topped the list as the worst…
5 July, 2017 / By Gulf Times German Parliament President Norbert Lammert and German Parliament’s Deputy Speaker Claudia Roth have both denied rumours circulated in Saudi media of statements attributed to them by Saudi Minister of Culture and Information, Awwad bin Saleh al-Awwad, on the Gulf crisis. Al Jazeera quoted sources inside the German Bundestag…
5 July, 2017 / By The Peninsula Qatar Zagreb: The Croatian Journalists’ Association (CJA) condemned the siege countries demands of closing Al Jazeera Media Network. The association supported its colleagues in regional centers of the network in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia, as well as in other countries. CJA said: “Politicians should not use…
4 July, 2017 / By Asian Correspondent The European Union on Monday called on the Burmese (Myanmar) government to uphold media freedom in the country, saying there have been a “worrying” number of arrests and prosecutions of journalists in recent months. The statement by the European bloc came in wake of last week’s arrests of…
3 July, 2017 / By Kassandra, New Europe Acquisition could put UK media owner influence on editorial content over the tipping point This Thursday 29 June 2017 will remain in the mind of Rupert Murdoch. Indeed his attempt to expand his media group in Europe by acquiring pay-TV group Sky suffered a major setback on…
June 30, 2017 / by The Peninsula Qatar Geneva: H E Ali Khalfan Al Mansouri, Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations Office and International Organizations in Geneva, met yesterday with Prince Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. The meeting discussed the flagrant violations of international…
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