H.E. Slobodan Milosevic President of Yugoslavia Belgrade Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vienna, 21 October 1998 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) is most concerned about the severe threat to press freedom posed by the new information law of the Republic of Serbia, which was adopted by the Serbian Parliament on Tuesday, 20 October 1998. […]

H.E. Slobodan Milosevic President of Yugoslavia Belgrade Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vienna, 14 October 1998 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) strongly condemns the closing down of two independent Belgrade newspapers Danas and Dnevni Telegraf, by the Serbian authorities. We are informed that the Serbian government closed down Danas late Tuesday, 13 October and […]

His Excellency Mesut Yilmaz Prime Minster of the Republic of Turkey Prime Minister’s Office Ankara Turkey Vienna, 15 October 1998 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) the global network of editors and media executives, strongly condemns the jamming of transmissions from the London-based Kurdish-language satellite television station, Med TV, by the Turkish authorities. We […]

H. E. Yevgeni M. Primakov Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Moscow Russia Vienna, 13 October 1998 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) is most concerned about the forthcoming case of Grigori Pasko, who has been imprisoned since November 1997 in Vladivostok and will be going on trial on charges of treason on Wednesday, […]