Mediterranean Media Center: 2005

EC launches Samir Kassir Prize for Freedom of Press in LEBANON

This will be an annual prize of 10,000 euros, to be awarded by a jury created by the European Commission and the Samir Kassir Cultural Foundation, headed by Ghassan TUENI of An Nahar newspaper in Beirut.

News As Such Is A Violation of Women's Rights

Journalist Guilty of "Insulting Turkishness"

Thursday, October 06, 2005

"Editorial turn towards more explication and services"

"Gerard Depardieu head-butts a photographer"

"Des nouvelles en version originale"

Tuesday, October 04, 2005

Strategic interest: Downloading democracy (with some U.S. help)

Is TV a mirror of the religious landscape?

New Anti-Terror Law Carries Heavier Penalties

Monday, October 03, 2005

"Jordanian agency opens new training center"

French Media Landscape

"New Egypt weekly launches war on 'hereditary regime'"

"Ad agencies see revenue in Ramadan"

"Ad agencies see revenue in Ramadan "

"Bayeux accueille lundi la 12e edition du Prix des correspondants de guerre"

"Le Figaro parait sous une nouvelle formule et un bandeau 'bleu europeen'"

Sunday, October 02, 2005

Court sends Jerusalem Post ownership row back to NY

Saturday, October 01, 2005

"La crise de la presse en question"

"The news on TV and fall�s fashion"

"The news on TV and fall's fashion"

Friday, September 30, 2005

Albania - Book Fair Visits Vlora

"Bridging cultural values in the Mediterranean"

Women's Journalism Seminar in Ordu is a Succe

"Les journalistes italiens en gr�ve pour d�fendre leur contrat"

Thursday, September 29, 2005

Media outlets bolster security measures

U.N. defends having tech summit in Tunisia

"France: 280 millions d'euros d'aides a la presse ecrite en 2006"

French minister in firing line over TV interview on arrests

Tuesday, September 27, 2005

"Internet causes political unrest in the Arab world"

"Spain jails al-Jazeera reporter"

Monday, September 26, 2005

"Amman station organizes journalism training on war crimes"

"Conference to look at media freedom in Southeast Europe"

Sunday, September 25, 2005

Car Bomb Wounds Journalist in Lebanon

Car Bomb Wounds Journalist in Lebanon

Update here.

Saturday, September 24, 2005

Lebanon makes strides in protecting copyrights

Friday, September 23, 2005

"Liberation prepare un projet de developpement incluant le site internet"

Two Freedom of Expression Cases in Court

Women's Journalism Training in Ordu

Wednesday, September 21, 2005

"Towards a trans-Mediterranean platform for democracy and citizenship"

"77% des cadres regardent la tele 158 minutes par jour en semaine"

"SEEMO Award for Better Understanding in South East Europe 2005"

Tuesday, September 20, 2005

"An Alternative Bridging Project"

"Re-Thinking the Mediterranean"

Friday, September 16, 2005

"2005 Eliav-Sartawi Awards for Middle Eastern Journalism"

Dan David Prize - 1,000,0000 USD award to a print journalist in 2006

"Greek island town rolls out two-metre newspaper in Guinness record bid"

Wednesday, September 14, 2005

"Hollinger Hell: Jerusalem Post Suit Filed Here"

"Morocco: Internet Making Censorship Obsolete"

Tuesday, September 13, 2005

"Attentats de Madrid: Le directeur d'El Mundo refuse de livrer ses sources �la justice"

Thursday, September 08, 2005

Egypt's bloggers spearhead dissent

Tuesday, September 06, 2005

Monitoring the media coverage of Egypt's Presidential Elections 2005

Event for Arab women journalists looks at political change

Egypt: Blogs as "freedom of press opportunity"?

Saturday, September 03, 2005

Divorce consomm�au Monde entre Edwy Plenel et Jean-Marie Colombani

Divorce consommé au Monde entre Edwy Plenel et Jean-Marie Colombani

Thursday, September 01, 2005

Jordan imposes media censorship on terror trial proeceedings

Chirac backs eurocentric search engine

Wednesday, August 31, 2005

Book Fair Visits Vlora

BiH journalists tackle education issues in Reuters Foundation course

Jumblat Counsels Lahoud to Find 'Safe Spot to Crawl into,' Predicting Early Downfall

Monday, August 29, 2005

Egypt ex-media chief accused of graft

'We' tries to unite Cyprus on the news

Saturday, August 27, 2005

Media coverage did not have the impact it should have....

Media coverage did not have the impact it should have....

This is a story, in French, about how France 2 television had broadcast in April a story about the very building that burned tragically last week with considerable loss of life. Why is it that the April report did not have an impact on authorities and others that might have led to actions to avert the tragedy? It is a failure of the process that should result from effective journalistic reporting. Such work should help the governance process. Why did this not happen here?

Portugal has 1.4m cable TV subscribers

Egypt TV airs criticism of Mubarak regime

Friday, August 26, 2005

Lebanon's music piracy rate ranks second in MENA region

Thursday, August 25, 2005

Egypt's growing blogger community pushes limit of dissent

10 Local TVs Queued For Kurdish Broadcast

Wednesday, August 24, 2005

Defying Syrian Authorities with a Camera Lens

ARMSTRONG

ARMSTRONG

How many media entities in the US, reporting on the allegations against cyclist Lance ARMSTRONG, noted that the newspaper doing the "investigation" also owns the Tour de France race? NBC television news in the US did. Othes?

Tuesday, August 23, 2005

Israel boycotts Al Arabiya TV

M.A. Tazi and the Moroccan Film Industry

Monday, August 22, 2005

Concerns Raised About Democratisation, Press Freedom in Serbia

Palestinian gunmen free French TV journalist

Saturday, August 20, 2005

International “dismay” at threats against journalists

Tunisia hosts intl. internet festival Aug. 25

Tunisia hosts intl. internet festival Aug. 25

Here are more details.

Friday, August 19, 2005

RSF outraged by Morocco trial

Thursday, August 18, 2005

'The Rabbi's Cat' Wishes to Be Jewish Too

Journalists concerned about alleged harassment in Turkey

Arab Media Coverage of the Gaza Settler Pullout

Tuesday, August 16, 2005

Lebanon's Parliament lifts ban on MTV station

Monday, August 15, 2005

Conference to consider media as a motivator for peace

ECHR Fines Turkey for "Freedom of Expression"

French journalist kidnapped in Gaza

Friday, August 12, 2005

Egyptian censors block magazine

Mediterranean short film festival in Tangier

International Conference on women and information society

Thursday, August 11, 2005

"Le Petit Prince" translated into Berber language

Wednesday, August 10, 2005

Syria to Reform Media Rules

OSCE Mission welcomes formation of Kosovo Press Council

Monday, August 08, 2005

IFJ Flays "Tragic Incompetence" After Algeria Judges Lose File on Jailed Journalist

RSF Protests Arbitrary Arrest of Journalists

Saturday, August 06, 2005

WPFC Hails Review of Restrictive Media Laws

Editor of Provincial Newspaper Targeted in Campaign of Intimidation

Friday, August 05, 2005

Tobacco Advertising to be Additionally Restricted

New Tunisian book for children

Monday, August 01, 2005

West Bank news agency

Europe offers 451,000 Euros for democratic, human rigths projects in Jordan

Moroccan TV channels attacked for not covering theater festival

Spanish group to participate in 'Euro Mediterranean Youth Festival of Tunisia

Sunday, July 31, 2005

Nine U.S. world premieres set for Venice fest

Portuguese regional papers stop publishing

Thursday, July 28, 2005

TGI survey: Internet use up, daily papers down

PC penetration in the Middle East region to double by 2008

Mediterranean fisheries: as stocks decline, management improves

Media and Current Events Conference opens

Wednesday, July 27, 2005

ARTICLE 19/IFJ REPORT LOOKS AT MEDIA SELF-REGULATION IN SOUTHEAST EUROPE

Open Media Fund for the Middle East and North Africa Opens Second Round of Funding

Sunday, July 24, 2005

Tunisian government puts financial squeeze on press to curb freedoms

Thursday, July 21, 2005

Broadcaster threatened in Serbia

IFLA/FAIFE Protests Restrictions On Access to Information in Run-Up to World Summit on the Information Society

RSF Report Slams Tunisia's Human Rights Record

International Free Speech Groups Urge Tunisia to End Internet Censorship

International Conference: Mediterranean Women and their Rights, 28-30 April 2005

Wednesday, July 20, 2005

Travel diary: Murder by tabloid TV

Wednesday, July 06, 2005

MEDITERRANEAN: NEW EURO-ARAB TV STATION TO GO ON AIR

Tuesday, July 05, 2005

Mediterranean meltdown could mean tourist trauma

A free Palestinian media will help cut through the lies

Monday, July 04, 2005

Medinnov

Friday, July 01, 2005

Fabrice Bo�, qui prend la t�te de Prisma Presse, veut r�nover ses titres

The Daily Star - Support Free Press in Lebanon

Annuaire des hotspots Wi-Fi

Annuaire des hotspots Wi-Fi

This directory lists 3,631 Wi-Fi "hotspots" in France.

Thursday, June 30, 2005

Vulnerability of Paris Library Gains Attention in France

Sunday, June 26, 2005

"Arab Broadcasting Union Organizes Tunis International Gaterhing"

Friday, June 24, 2005

European Parliament rejects media defamation reform proposals

Magazine publishers find new audiences and revenues online

EU Commissioner praises magazine industry

House of Representatives vote on CPB appropriations

This is from the home page of the WUNC website. Nice to see the news clearly presented here (but it was 87, not 86 Republicans voting for the amendment). It would help to add a date, something better than "Thursday".

If you are interested in who is in the North Carolina Congressional delegation, here it is.

And if you want to see how they voted, go here.

If you just want to know quickly, here is the list of those who OPPOSED the OBEY amendment:

Walter JONES, Jr
Virginia FOXX
Robin HAYES
Sue MYRICK
Patrick McHENRY
Charles TAYLOR

That means the amendment prevailed within the North Carolina Delegation (with a few listeners served by "North Carolina Public Radio") 7-6.

"The House Votes to Restore Funding to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting

The full House Thursday afternoon approved an amendment offered by David Obey of Wisconsin to restore $100 million in funding to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The money had been cut by the Appropriations Committee earlier in the week. 196 Democrats voted for the bill, and they were joined by 86 Republicans and one Independent.

While this is encouraging news, the restoration of CPB funding addresses only part of the overall funding for public broadcasting that has been targeted for cuts in the fiscal year that begins in October. Programs still marked for reduction or elimination include funds traditionally set aside for capital improvements, and money that supports children's television production.

The Senate has not yet taken up the matter of CPB funding."

Reporting from Iraq for Turkish readers....

Thursday, June 23, 2005

"US to fund Palestinian media development"

"OSCE Mission in Skopje welcomes draft law on broadcasting"

"BBC Arabic launches on FM in Lebanon"

French press working together to cover Iraq

Wednesday, June 22, 2005

"Murdoch Enters Turkish Media"

"Egyptian State Media Ignore U.S. Calls for Reform"

Parliament passes amendments to access to public information act in Slovenia

"Media industry poised to grow"

French reporter being expelled from Iraq at France's request

Tuesday, June 21, 2005

"Lebanon's state-owned television and radio stations slated for privatization"

Monday, June 20, 2005

"Egypt Editor Quits"

Sunday, June 19, 2005

"Libyan journalist possibly killed by state security"

"Journalists in Western Sahara Face Assaults, Arrests And Harassment"

"Highest levels of illiteracy in Morocco"

"Issue of Magazine Banned in Tunisia; RSF Condemns Smear Campaign Against Sihem Bensedrine"

<"Issue of Magazine Banned in Tunisia; RSF Condemns Smear Campaign Against Sihem Bensedrine"

Tunisia Monitoring Group "Members Urge Tunisian Authorities to Release Books Blocked Through the Legal Submission Procedure"

"Turkish film debut receives wide acolade"

Saturday, June 18, 2005

News people jailed in Algiers

"New Campaign Launched to Defend Independent Press Against Judicial Threats" in Algeria

"Harsh Laws Penalise Journalists" in Algeria

"More Journalists Fined And Sentenced to Prison" in Algeria

"European Parliament scraps invasive internet legislation"

"Committee to Protect Journalists concerned by Egyptian security forces"

French news organizations meet with Prime Minister and consider cooperative coverage of Iraq

Friday, June 17, 2005

"In Lebanon, Arab Journalists from Five Countries Learn Elections Reporting"

Thursday, June 16, 2005

"European Parliament resolution on freedom of the press in Algeria"

Tuesday, June 14, 2005

Madrid Book Fair

"Multiples interrogations sur la liberation et la detention de Florence Aubenas"

A new Moroccan weekly newspaper for kids

Sunday, June 12, 2005

"Freed Hostage Returns to France"

Saturday, June 11, 2005

Journalists harrassed in Jordan according to Committee to Protect Journalists

"Libya’s opposition journalist tortured to death: RSF"

"Libya’s opposition journalist tortured to death: RSF"
Here is an additional story reporting on UNESCO's protest.

Thursday, June 09, 2005

How Arab Media Portrays U.S. Abuse of Detainees

Wednesday, June 08, 2005

"Spanish judge wants to question U.S. troops on Iraq deaths"

Tuesday, June 07, 2005

"EU envoy calls for security of journalists"

"European Commission queries media ban in detention centres"

"Al-Rushaid discusses media ties with Egyptian official"

"Journalist's murder rattles Beirut"

"Libyan journalist found dead"

"Journalist assaulted over Western Sahara coverage"

"Journalist targeted by armed attack in Kosovo"

"IFEX-TMG members condemn defamation campaign targeting the spokesperson of the National Council for Freedoms in Tunisia"

"Latifa pleads for the release of French journalist"

Saturday, June 04, 2005

Hunger map

This map shows the range of "hunger" around the world and more specifically in the Mediterranean. It appears on this page of the Christian Science Monitor along with an article explaining this UN graphic.

Friday, June 03, 2005

Lebanese protest journalist's killing

Albanian author, living in France, wins the Man Booker prize for literature

Thursday, June 02, 2005

Sud Radio on strike in France over sale of station

Monaco broadcasting applications

"MAROC : demande de création de sept nouvelles télévisions et 56 radios
Des demandes ont été déposées pour la création au Maroc de sept nouvelles chaînes de télévision et de 56 radios, a indiqué hier la Haute autorité de la communication audiovisuelle (HACA)."

Networking book people at the 2nd Pan-European Conference on Books in Greece

Thessaloniki Book Fair takes the first crucial steps of its existence in Greece

Trial in Greece of art curator

95% of Moroccan music products affected by piracy

Blast kills anti-Syrian journalist in Beirut

This is a tragic development, and one would expect new leadership in Lebanon to focus on conducting a full criminal inquiry, with the alleged perpetrator or perpetrators tried before an impartial tribunal. Premature accusations do not contribute to this process.

Wednesday, June 01, 2005

Employers slam Barcelona process

Tuesday, May 31, 2005

Meeting in Cyprus to promote gender equality in the media

Launch of French R(eally)S(imple)S(yndication) reader from selected media companies

Monday, May 30, 2005

Irish Times may start printing in Madrid

Police search offices of Corriere della Sera in Italy

Saturday, May 28, 2005

Algerian court denounced by Reporters Without Borders

This as well....

French press saluted for role in re-engaging French voters in politics

Jordan's journalists say they lack freedom

Fourth Mediterranean meetings on information technologies in Morocco

An additional story here.

Roundtable in Serbia on access to information

BEN ALI announces some advances for press freedom in Tunisia

Le Monde supports "oui" in Sunday's vote

Economist calls for "non" vote in France

How the French media plan to cover the election results Sunday

Allegations emerge over kidnapping of Roumanian journalists in Iraq

Rupert MURDOCH asks French to vote "non"

Spanish press urges French to vote "oui"

"Press Freedom World Review"

Friday, May 27, 2005

France's newspapers line up in 'yes' camp

Wednesday, May 25, 2005

Smear campaign against Tunisian journalist

Judge orders Italian author to stand trial

Monday, May 23, 2005

A joint photographs exhibition in Ifni and Agadir in Morocco

Place of writing in Morocco's current cultural landscape discussed

Israeli film at Cannes Film Festival

Sunday, May 22, 2005

Discussion of Barcelona Process in Amman at World Economic Forum

Cannes Film Festival jury calls for liberation of all hostages

Saturday, May 21, 2005

New "people" newsppaper launched in Spain

Italian and Polish journalists taken into police custody in Cuba

Journalists strike at Corriere della Sera over new investor in newspapers

Friday, May 20, 2005

Google Inc. Factory Tour

"My Community Newspaper"

Tuesday, May 17, 2005

Three keys to the cowed Arab media

Monday, May 16, 2005

Meeting in Amman, Jordan to address safety of journalists in dangerous places

Sunday, May 15, 2005

Newspapers, on the hunt for readers, think smaller

Saturday, May 14, 2005

AP president urges media to build alliance

Malta to host 2007 meeting of Mediterranean journalists

Friday, May 13, 2005

Women journalists upset at treatment at Agence France-Presse

Lawyer reportedly planning to start legal actions against media who published story about alleged child of Albert II of Monaco

Thursday, May 12, 2005

New editor for International Herald Tribune

Tuesday, May 10, 2005

Press Freedom Survey from Freedom House

President of Radio Vatican convicted of electromagnetic pollution

New York Times plans to improve credibility

Postcards From Cannes

Monday, May 09, 2005

Tunisian cyber-journalist conference

Arab writers' group to defend colleagues

Pope calls on media to report responsibly

Azur ratchets up Jerusalem Post feud with criminal libel complaint

Saturday, May 07, 2005

No pardon for journalists in Algeria

Media key partner in construction of democracy says Algerian president

Algerian news agency director commends KUNA

CALP statement marking World Press Freedom Day in Algeria

Special day for Moroccan cinema in Cannes Festival

Tunisia lawyer to prison over "false news"

Turkey bans "erotic" TV channels

Accidental death of Italian photographer in Rome

Friday, May 06, 2005

Support for Florence AUBENAS undiminished

Thursday, May 05, 2005

Norwegian journalists detained in occupied Sahara (Morocco)

Press freedom furore in Tunisia

Azur ratchets up JPost feud with criminal libel complaint

Imprisoned journalist Hamadi Jebali ends hunger strike

Wednesday, May 04, 2005

Photo messages on the rise

World Press Freedom Day

Monday, May 02, 2005

Italians seek to close website showing Pope as Nazi

Allegations against media in Palestine

Italy media reveals Iraq details

Saturday, April 30, 2005

Independent media squeezed in Albania

SEEMO reacts to the media scandal in Montenegro

Internet cafes thrive in Algeria as violence subsides

IFJ condemns systematic legal and political repression in Algeria against independent press

Tunisian government asked to stop confiscating books at airport

Tunisian lawyer imprisoned for online dissent

Tunisian human rights lawyer imprisoned

Blogs and traditional media

Friday, April 29, 2005

Mideast reporting receives Overseas Press Club Awards

OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media says new French libel case shows EU countries should abolish criminal defamation

Thursday, April 28, 2005

France bans copy protection for DVD's

Wednesday, April 27, 2005

Cooperation between Radio France Internationale and Deutsche Welle

10,000 euros judgment against TF1 in France, for defamation

10,000 euros judgment against TF1 for defamation

Tuesday, April 26, 2005

Court drops charges against magazine contributor in Morocco

Six years of impunity in Serbia and Montenegro

Three journalists sentenced to one year in prison in Egypt

Le Figaro turned back from covering Togo

Condemnation of alleged Algerian press freedom repression

Monday, April 25, 2005

Monaco Media Forum postponed following death of Prince Rainier

Sunday, April 24, 2005

Imprisoned journalist Hamadi Jebali begins Another hunger strike

Background.

RSF expresses concern over proposed ISP partnership in Tunisia

Group calls on Tunisian Government to save jailed journalist Hamadi Jebali's life

Monday, April 18, 2005

Imprisoned Tunisian journalist Hamadi Jebali begins another hunger strike

Sunday, April 17, 2005

Official outlet controls images broadcast from the Vatican

Saturday, April 16, 2005

Link TV wins Peabody Award

Postmortem on televised debate with President CHIRAC

Press freedom restrictions in Morocco alleged

Friday, April 15, 2005

News University: Training for journalists. Anytime. Anywhere.

Des quotidiens pour enfants aux Etats-Unis de la France

Cartoonists cast a sharp eye over Lebanon's current predicament

Mobilization day in France for Florence AUBENAS and Hussein HANOUN

Thursday, April 14, 2005

Plans for actions to remember 100 days for Florence AUBENAS et son guide

Rupert MURDOCH speaks to the American Society of Newspaper Editors

Jerusalem test audience for film about HITLER

Berlusconi trims stake in Mediaset in Italy

Wednesday, April 13, 2005

Greek court to rule on banned Jesus cartoon book

MIPTV in Cannes

Journalist in Morocco barred from working as journalist for 10 years

Italian journalist: U.S. lied

Changes in RTV Slovenia....

WSIS side events scheduled in Tunisia

Monday, April 11, 2005

World Press Freedom Day - 3 May 2005

MIPTV opens in Cannes, France

Criticism of CHIRAC TV appearance on EU Constitution vote

Connectivity in the region.....

Middle East 'Marketing & Media Show'

Documentary festival in Israel

Putting the public more in the picture in Lebanon

Sunday, April 10, 2005

Internet radio finds an audience

Cypriot TV Africa-based program

Saturday, April 09, 2005

Ask Jeeves launches Spanish version

New Mediterranean Sea route...

This is not directly related to the media, but is a new effort to make the Mediterranean Sea work harder for the region.

French Christ advertising ban upheld

Hackers posting Albanian flags on Greek websites

Le Monde Diplomatique launches Arab edition

ELKABBACH named to head Europe 1 in France

Greek lawyer arrested for allegedly peddling child porn over Internet

Media city transforms Vatican

Morocco to host World Music Festival

A Moroccan film wins the big prixe of Tatwan festival

Arab photo exhibit shows U.S. their world

Syria scrambles to improve English-language skills

Freedom of expression in Tunisia debated at UN in Geneva

Reporters Without Borders calls on Turkey to stop legal hounding of journalists

Friday, April 08, 2005

Palestinian Authority gets .ps web suffix although it is still not a state

New facilities for Tunisian National Library

Thursday, April 07, 2005

French appeals court upholds ruling for Yahoo in Nazi case

7eme Festival Cultures du Maghreb

Tuesday, April 05, 2005

Abandoning the news

World conference on "Infopoverty"

New television themes in Turkey

UNESCO publishes study in advance of World Summit on Information Society in Tunisia

Why Google scares Jacques CHIRAC of France

Monday, April 04, 2005

Turkey provisionally frees Austrian journalist

French TV enters digital age

"Women and Media" in Morocco

"Cyber-School" in Morocco

Saturday, April 02, 2005

IFEX members spotlight Tunisia at UN Human Rights Commission

Friday, April 01, 2005

Media Centre Sarajevo celebrates its 10th anniversary

Nice Matin cries foul over publication of interview with Prince Rainier in weekly VSD

Wednesday, March 30, 2005

RAFFARIN attempts to assurances over AUBENAS in Iraq

Book fair for children in Sfax, Tunisia

Syrian, he says, contacted regarding Romanian journalists abducted in Iraq

Monday, March 28, 2005

Open Media Fund to support diverse media in Middle East and North Africa

Al Arabiya broadcasts new tape of area just prior to HARIRI attack

Wednesday, March 23, 2005

Journalists protest the penal code on streets in Turkey

Tuesday, March 22, 2005

EU to broadcast 'neighborhood' policy in Arabic

Spain seeks "Alliance of Civilizations" in Arab summit

Google Removing Agence France Presse from Google News

Sunday, March 20, 2005

Moroccan journalists want more press freedom

Seribian freedom of information law off to a slow start

Saturday, March 19, 2005

Agence France Presse sues Google over news site

Francophone Days in Lebanon

Curtain rises on the Francophone Film Festival in Greece

Slain journalist's brother demands "justice"

Role of Criticism in Promotion of Arab Culture, a conference in Tunisia

Many attractions at Tunisia's International Fair of Children Book

Letter to M. Bechir Tekkari, Tunisian Minister of Justice and Human Rights

IFEX members mourn death of Tunisian free expression defender

allAfrica.com: Tunisia [press release]: IFEX Members Mourn Death of Free Expression Defender: " to the web March 16, 2005
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Ben Arous hosts 4th Session of Mediterranean Festival of Theatre for Children in Tunisia

Tuesday, March 15, 2005

Transparency International to launch the Global Corruption Report 2005

French newspaper sales drop

State of the News Media 2005

Sunday, March 13, 2005

"Bab El-Web" movie to be screened in France

Tuesday, March 08, 2005

Joint declaration on freedom of expression in Latin America and Africa

NGO comments for Kiev Council of Europe meeting

7th European Ministerial Conference on Mass Media Policy "Integration and Diversity: the new frontiers of European media and communications policy"

Battle against "terrorism" does not justify limits on freedom of expression says Council of Europe

Monday, March 07, 2005

Claim that censorship tightened in WSIS host country, Tunisia

Turkish prime minister continues to sue journalists

Saturday, March 05, 2005

Gaza Blues - lliterary collaboration explores new ground in Lebanon

Tunis chosen as permanent seat of the Arab organization of information and communication technologies

Censorship allegedly tightened in Tunisia

Wives of two missing French journalists complain about lack of government and public attention

Giuliana SGRENA arrives back in Rome after deadly release

Thursday, March 03, 2005

BBC Gets Albanian Medal

Floating bookstore comes to Jordan

Tunisia lawyer held for Sharon article

Wednesday, March 02, 2005

The French press points a finger at Syria in the AUBENAS case

Independent Televisoin News executives leave to join Al Jazeera

Waddah KHANFAR, the managing director of Al Jazeera, will be one of the speakers at the Monaco Media Forum. Participants at the Forum may wish to learn more about Al Jazeera's hiring of two Independent Television News executives, Al Anstey, ITN's head of foreign news, and the deputy head of foreign news, Nick Walshe. Al Jazeera's brand recognition is one of the highest in the media world.

Spanish newspaper editors in sex tape case

International observers to attend freedom of expression trials in Turkey

Austrian journalist detained in Istanbul

Tuesday, March 01, 2005

Missing French reporter in Iraq pleads for help

Media policy in Palestine/Palestinian territories

Who is following the evolution of media in Palestine/Palestinian territories? What is the best source of information about the current state of the media? Policy? Plans? Who's in charge of this process on the part of the Palestinian Authority?