Azerbaijan: Journalist subjected to pressure

IRFS, Baku, 07 Jan 2008 – Today, 7 December, “Yeni Musavat” newspaper correspondent Afgan Mukhtarli faced…

Azerbaijan: Youths to Protest National Television and Radio Council

Day.az, Baku, 06 Jan 2008 – The Youth organization of the Musavat party plans to hold…

Kazakhstan to Restore a Mosque in Cairo

Kazakhstan Today, Astana, 06 Jan 2009 – President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev signed draft of the…

Azerbaijan: New TV channel starts to broadcast

IRFS, Baku, 05 Jan 2009 – As of 1 January 2009 “Idman Azerbaijan” (“Sport Azerbaijan”) TV…

Georgia: Newspaper Distribution Rate Decreased by 30% – Press Distribution Company

Media.ge, Tbilisi, 05 Jan 2009 – According to SakPress, press distribution company the sale of Georgian…

Turkmen minister of communication severely reprimanded

Turkmenistan.ru, Ashgabat, 03 Jan 2009 – Turkmen minister of communication Resulberdi Hojagurbanow has been severely reprimanded…

Redenominated Manat launched in Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan.ru, Ashgabat, 02 Jan 2009 – A series of banknotes and coins of newly redenominated national…

Georgian Journalists Denied Free Movement on the Russian Occupied Territories

Media.ge, Tbilisi, 30 Dec 2008 – Georgian journalists’ free movement from the Tbilisi controlled territories to…

Azerbaijan: CPJ denounces decision to discontinue international broadcasting licenses

CPJ, New York, 30 Dec 2008 – The Committee to Protect Journalists issued the following statement…

Azerbaijan: Ban on foreign FM radio broadcasting is serious step backwards

OSCE, Vienna, 30 Dec 2008 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti,…

Azerbaijan decides to halt functioning of foreign radio stations

Day.az, Baku, 30 Dec 2008 – The transmission of foreign radio stations on the national frequencies…