As one of the 60 “World Press Freedom Heros”, to be honored at the IPI World Congress in Vienna this year, he dedicates himself to the struggle for press freedom. Speaking to Valentin Ladstaetter and Laura Pannasch, he talks about the country’s President Yahyah Jammeh and about the foundation of the first local independent newspaper […]

Slovakian Prime Minister Iveta Radičová addressed international journalists and media experts on the final day of IPI’s 60th World Congress in Bratislava, Slovakia, on Tuesday, hosted by IPI Board Member Pavol Múdry – who is also a board member of the SITA-Slovak News Agency and the IPI Slovak National Committee. Talking about the media in […]

Members of the International Press Institute on Monday unanimously passed 10 press freedom-related resolutions, during the global press freedom organisation’s 59th General Assembly in Vienna, Austria. The resolutions covered: a call for the release of journalists in Iran; a call on the Ukrainian authorities to end impunity and allow independent television stations to operate; a […]

The International Press Institute’s 60 World Press Freedom Heroes were honoured on Tuesday night at Vienna City Hall in a ceremony also marking IPI’s 60th year defending press freedom around the world. Of the full 60 IPI World Press Freedom Heroes, 20 were able to attend last night’s ceremony, together with hundreds of participants in […]