H.E. Rudolf Schuster President Bratislava Slovak Republic Fax: + 421 7 544 17 532 Vienna, 4 December 2002 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, leading journalists and media executives, is concerned at the threat of the prosecutor’s office to pursue an action for criminal libel against a Slovakian journalist. […]

H.E.Leonid Kuchma President 252005 Kiev Ukraine Vienna, 27 November 2002 Your Excellency, Convening for its biannual meeting on 23 November in Vienna, Austria, the Executive Board of the International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, expressed concern about events surrounding the death of Mykhailo Kolomiets, the well-respected founder […]

H.E. José Dos Santos SADC Chairperson SADC House Gaborone Botswana Fax: (+ 267) 3972 848 Vienna, 26 November 2002 Your Excellency, The Executive Board of the International Press Institute (IPI), meeting in Vienna, Austria, on 23 November 2002, has learned with approval of the decision by the Parliamentary Forum of the Southern African Development Community […]

At its meeting, held in Vienna, Austria, on 23 November 2002, the Executive Board of the International Press Institute (IPI) unanimously agreed to keep Russia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Venezuela and Zimbabwe on the “IPI Watch List”. IPI Director Johann P. Fritz said, “The October hostage incident in Moscow shows that President Putin continues to […]