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Igor Yakovenko dismissed from Journalists Union general secretary position
The agency notes that the secretariat did not formulate the motives of the decision. At the same time, according to the ITAR-TASS, the reason for Yakovenko’s dismissal was his nonfulfilment ...
Indian journalists arrested for insulting Muslims
The journalists are accused of deliberate insult of religious feelings of Muslims. On 5 February they retyped a January material of The Independent newspaper headlined “Why should I respect despotic ...
Kazakh newspaper suspended for divulging secrets of special services
Such a decision was made by the court at the instance of the Office of Public Prosecutor. To tell the truth, the request was met only partially: the Office of ...
New “Media FM” station starts broadcasting on 105.5 FM frequency
The market is incomplete and each radio station functions in its segment with some of them giving preference to news programs, and some – to music.There is plenty of production ...
South African TV informs about George Bush’s death
It turned out that Bush’s “death” was the consequence of a technician’s mistake who had mixed up the buttons and instead of launching the line in a test mode sent ...
Author of Obama’s famous portrait sues the Associated Press
The document drawn up by the artist’s lawyers confirms that Fairey actually used the AP photo while depicting the Obama’s portrait. The suit says nevertheless that it was a question ...
Court of Appeal launches legal proceedings of Eynlla Fatullayev’s suit against foreign minister
The reason for the reference to the court is that minister, Elmar Mammadyarov didn’t reply to the information request sent to him.We should remind that a criminal case was instituted ...
Pardoned journalists file a suit against Ministry of Justice, Penitentiary Service and Pre-trial jail №1
According to the journalist, after they were arrested based on the suit of MP Jalal Aliyev in 2007, they were housed in adverse conditions and ill-treated in pre-trial jail №1 ...
Cable TV operators threat to cut off foreign channels
Thus, as “Akado” vice-president Mikhail Silin specified to the edition, the company should decide whether to increase the service prices or negotiate with providers of foreign channels on lowering the ...
Law “On mass media” toughened in Byelorussia
The Law, in particular, states that journalists should recheck information gained from representatives of political parties and public organizations. In accordance with its regulations, journalists are also to respond for ...
