Central/SE Europe
RFE/RL Mourns Death of Georgian Service Director
Staff at U.S. international broadcaster Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) were shocked to learn of the sudden passing in Prague yesterday of Georgian Service Director Goulnara Pataridze.
RFE/RL President Mourns Death of Djindjic
RFE/RL President Thomas A. Dine released the following statement today, in reaction to the assassination of Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic.
Dine Concerned About Possible Yklymov Extradition
RFE/RL President Thomas A. Dine expressed his profound concern today about the safety and welfare of Orazmuhammet Yklymov, a freelance journalist with RFE/RL’s Turkmen Service in Moscow.
RFE/RL, bTV Launch Weekday Television News Show in Bulgaria
RFE/RL’s Bulgarian language service and Bulgaria’s biggest private television broadcaster, bTV.
RFE/RL Condemns Arrest of Kazakh Journalist
Thomas A. Dine, President of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, today condemned the arrest of independent Kazakh journalist and human rights activist Sergei Duvanov.
Dine Welcomes Release of RFE/RL Journalist
RFE/RL President Thomas A Dine welcomed the release today from a prison in Bamberg, Germany of RFE/RL Belarusian Service journalist Natalia Sudliankova.
RFE/RL Committed to Reporting in Russia, Dine Says
The President of RFE/RL said today that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to revoke the 10-year-old decree that allowed the service to establish a Moscow bureau would in no way…
RSF Concerned About Administrative Harassment of RFE/RL’s Belarus Service
The noted media freedom organization “Reporters Sans Frontieres” has expressed its concern to the government of Belarus about administrative harassment of RFE/RL’s Belarus Service and its Minsk Bureau, according to…
RFE/RL Begins North Caucasus Broadcasts
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Inc. launched broadcasts today to the North Caucasus in the Avar, Chechen, and Circassian languages.
Havel Reaffirms Support For RFE/RL
Czech President Vaclav Havel paid a brief visit to RFE/RL’s Prague broadcasting center yesterday to reaffirm his support for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and its mission.