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Letter: IPI/SEEMO alarmed about the recent assault on sports journalist in Greece

H.E. Jorgos Voulgarakis Minister of Public Order Athens, Greece Fax: +30 210 691 2661, +30 210 692 0487, +30 210 692 9764 H.E. Jorgos Orfanos Derputy Minister of Culture (responsible for Sports) Athens, Greece Fax:+30 210 820 1373, +30 210 324 6085, +30 210 322 8831 Vienna, 3 October 2005 Your Excellencies, The Vienna-based South […]

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Letter: IPI worried about recent civil legal actions against the media in Poland

H.E. Aleksander Kwasniewski President of the Republic of Poland Kancelaria Prezydenta RP ul. Wiejska 10 00-902 Warsaw Poland Fax: (+ 4822) 695 12 53 Vienna, 29 September 2005 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in over 112 countries, is concerned that a number of […]

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IPI supports call for fresh amendments to Slovenian broadcasting law

The Slovenian people, on 25 September, voted in a referendum to pass a new law regulating the Slovenian public broadcaster, RTV Slovenija. According to the Electoral Commission that presided over the referendum, the government’s victory was extremely narrow with 50.2 percent voting to pass the law and 49.01 percent voting against. The broadcasting law has […]

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Letter: IPI concerned at treatment of Rzeczpospolita editor-in-chief

H.E. Aleksander Kwasniewski President of the Republic of Poland Kancelaria Prezydenta RP ul. Wiejska 10 00-902 Warsaw Poland Fax: (+ 48 22) 695 12 53 Vienna, 20 September 2005 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, leading journalists and publishers in over 122 countries, is becoming increasingly concerned at the […]

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