Conflicting reports indicate that a media owner and managing director of a radio station in Nepal was found dead on July 7 in a neighbouring district in India. The Press Trust of India reported that police said Santosh Gupta – managing director of the Birgunj-based Radio Bindaas FM, which Gupta founded only three months earlier […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) this week added new members to its Executive Board and elected Russian journalist Galina Sidorova as the board’s chair. IPI members on June 25 voted at their annual General Assembly to elect Umud Mirzayev of Azerbaijan to IPI’s Executive Board, to give a second four-year term to five other incumbent […]

Russian legislators on Friday proposed a bill to recriminalise libel, a move that came just over six months after the crime was downgraded to an administrative offence. The Moscow Times reported yesterday that the bill would introduce maximum fines of approximately 500,000 roubles (approximately 12,324 euros) or up to five years in prison for libel, […]

The international conference on “Oil, Gas & Media”, organised by the International Press Institute (IPI) and its national committee in Azerbaijan, will bring together major players in the oil and gas industry, energy experts and analysts, and media practitioners to explore how public opinion, freedom of information, media relations and social media all intersect with […]