16 independent news agencies from Eastern and Central Europe met in Bratislava (November 27/29) and agreed to form an umbrella organisation to focus on issues of common concern and to develop the professionalism of independent news agencies in the region. The new association, to be officially established early next year, will be a non-profit, non-governmental […]

An IPI delegation despatched to Lusaka, Zambia (November 23-25) identified several issues which need to be urgently addressed if freedom of expression and freedom of the press are to be truly respected in Zambia. The members of the delegation – Wangethi Mwangi, Group Managing Editor of The Nation in Kenya, and Peter Goff, Advisor with […]

President Milan Milutinovic President of Serbia Belgrade Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vienna, 18 November 1999 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, respectfully requested visas for a delegation to travel to Belgrade from 12-16 November 1999. On 12 November, we were informed by the Embassy of the […]

During its three-day meeting in Abuja, Nigeria (31 October – 2 November 1999), the Executive Board of the International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, met with President Olusegun Obasanjo, as well as Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Minister of Information Dapo Sarumi, Senator Ibrahim Mantu, Chairman of the Senate Committee […]