Central/SE Europe
“Radio New Europe” Takes Up Where RFE/RL Bulgarian Service Left Off
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) President Thomas A.Dine welcomed the creation of “Radio New Europe.”
RFE/RL Off FM in Kyiv, Cities across Ukraine
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Ukrainian programs were taken off the air today in Kyiv and cities across Ukraine, as the Ukrainian FM Radio Dovira network carried out its threat to…
Dine Calls Affiliate’s Decision to Drop Ukrainian Broadcasts ‘Political’
RFE/RL President Thomas A. Dine condemned as “a political act” a decision today by the management of Ukrainian radio broadcaster “Dovira” to remove RFE/RL Ukrainian Service programming from its FM…
RFE/RL Preparing to Cease Broadcasting in Seven European Languages
Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is preparing to cease broadcasting in seven languages to countries in Central and Southeastern Europe by the end of this year, RFE/RL President Thomas…
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.