Law on restricting foreign funding for mass media to be adopted in Georgia
The Georgian leadership is preparing a draft law on mass media
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Radio, television to be switched off in a number of Don districts
Starting from Monday, radio and television will be turned off in certain areas of the Rostov region due to the maintenance work on the equipment
First Central Asian Media Forum started in Astana
Astana hosts the first Central Asian Media Forum, which is attended by over 100 speakers. It is noted that Pulitzer Prize winners, politicians, journalists, heads of international organizations and authoritative media experts take part …
Russian Foreign Ministry explains why Deutsche Welle banned from broadcasting in Russia
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said the Russian Federation had taken retaliatory action against the German media company Deutsche Welle to show that the next steps in this direction would be costly. …
UN Secretary General spoke about the importance of a free press
UN Secretary General António Guterres congratulated Novaya Gazeta editor-in-chief Dmitry Muratov and his Philippine counterpart Maria Ressa, who heads the opposition website Rapple, on being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The …
Blogosphere activates in Uzbekistan
The media was reborn following the new administration and its transformation is still ongoing
Journalists killed in line of duty commemorated in Chechnya
On Saturday, the solemn laying of flowers in memory of the dead journalists took place in the square near the Press House in Grozny. According to the first deputy minister of Chechnya on National Politics, External Relations, Press and …
British journalist regrets about distortion of Russia’s image
The media in Britain slightly distorted the image of Russia before the 2018 World Cup, Sean Walker, a journalist from The Guardian, admitted. "I saw how the city and the country are changing beyond recognition, I told all the fans …
Putin signs "foreign agents" media law
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law which will allow authorities to list foreign media operating in Russia as “foreign agents”, Reuters reports with a reference to RIA news agency. According to the …
Caspian region's image in media space
It is composed of common projects in tourism, culture and economy trough the competent media coverage
Turkey jails two opposition journalists
An Istanbul court on Friday jailed two opposition journalists on hugely controversial charges of revealing state secrets, media reported, in a trial that has become a lightning rod for concerns about eroding press freedoms in Turkey. …
Zaman intends to continue its work
According to leaders of the Turkish newspaper Zaman, information published by local media that the authorities intended to to shut the edition down were baseless. The termination of the edition’s activity requires preliminarily …
Russian Foreign Ministry condemns blocking of Sputnik site in Turkey
Russian Foreign Ministry has condemned the blocking of the site of the Russian news agency Sputnik by the Turkish authorities. "We consider it as a completely …
Journalists must not incite hatred when covering events around Karabakh
Writer and historian Alexander Goryanin believes
Ministry of Communications: law on foreign capital won’t lead to less media in Russia
The deputy head of the Ministry of Communications, Alexei Volin, has stated in an interview for ‘Rossiyskaya Gazeta’ that the amount of mass media won’t reduce in the country after the ...
UN urges not to oppress media after deportation of Russia-1 journalists
The United Nations has expressed its concern about the deportation of the crew of Russia 1 from Turkey without explanation. It was stated by the secretary general deputy spokesman of the world organization …
Rauf Hasanov: "Russia's interests are not limited by the borders of Russia. There is the Russian world"
The Head of the Azerbaijani branch of the Development Fund Institute of Eurasian Studies Rauf Hasanov told Vestnik Kavkaza about projects of the fund
Mikhail Kozhukhov to tell the world about Dagestan
Well-known Russian journalist and TV presenter Mikhail Kozhukhov will head a group of 10 representatives of the national media, which will arrive in Dagestan with the aim of exploring the possibilities of tourist and recreational potential …
Deputy Prime Minister of Crimea catches Ukrainian media in lie
Ukrainian media, describing the situation in Crimea, are reporting false information, deliberately distorting the picture for the purpose of misleading their audience, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic, Ruslan Balbec …
Crimean Tatar TV Channel to broadcast 24 hours a day from November
According to the head of the Crimean government of the State Committee for international relations and deported citizens Zaur Smirnov, the new Crimean Tatar TV Millet is to start broadcasting …