H. E. Ernesto Samper Pizano President of Colombia Santafé de Bogotá Vienna, 25 February 1998 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) strongly condemns the killing of a Colombian journalist, Oscar García Calderon. We are informed that García, a journalist with the Bogotá daily El Espectador, was murdered on 22 February 1998, shortly after leaving […]

Whenever Filipino journalist Raissa Robles posts about President-elect Rodrigo Duterte or the South China Sea on her blog, it collapses for reasons unknown to her. “That’s why I abstain from writing about those two topics,” Robles says in a phone interview with the International Press Institute (IPI). “Every time I do, my blog goes down, […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today expressed concern over the suspension of Népszabadság, Hungary’s biggest opposition daily, on Saturday. The closure came shortly after the newspaper’s owner, Mediaworks, said it was seeking to reorganise its portfolio of publications in Hungary. In a statement, Mediaworks said that it was suspending the paper’s print and online editions […]

Normally, the thought of facing nearly €2 million in libel claims brought by two very powerful business figures would be enough to make anyone nervous. Greek journalist Augustine Zenakos, however, doesn’t seem nervous at all. He calmly sips his coffee and smokes his electronic pipe, his mind seemingly distracted only by his next article in […]