East Europe
U.S. International Media Condemn Attacks On Euromaidan Journalists
Harassment, intimidation and attacks on independent journalists, including those of RFE/RL and the Voice of America, have spiked in the wake of mass protests in Kyiv, Ukraine. RFE/RL reports a…
Seven RFE/RL Collections Now Online At Open Society Archives
RFE/RL and the Open Society Archives are pleased to announce that seven major Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty collections are now online in its Digital Repository.
Belarus Prosecutor’s Office Warns Radio Svaboda Journalist
Radio Svaboda journalist Aleh Hruzdzilovich was warned Minsk’s municipal prosecutor’s office about violating Belarus’ “Law on Mass Media.”
BBG Governors Seek to Expand U.S. International Media Efforts in Russia
Governors Susan McCue and Michael Meehan, wrapping up their visit to Moscow, state that “Radio Liberty is more critical than ever.”
BBG Governors Meet In Moscow To Discuss Future Of Russian Media
BBG Governors Susan McCue and Michael Meehan were in Moscow from May 3 to May 7 to consider matters relevant to U.S. international media in Russia.
Gessen Resigns As RFE/RL Russian Service Director
Masha Gessen, director of the Russian-language service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) for the past seven months, today announced her resignation from the position to begin work on a…
RFE/RL Latvian Service Audiotapes Digitized
In a statement posted to its website on March 5, the Hoover Institution at Stanford University announced that the entire collection of audiotapes created by RFE/RL’s Latvian Language Service has…
Steve Korn On Changes To RFE/RL’s Radio Svoboda
RFE/RL President Steve Korn discusses staffing and broadcast changes in RFE/RL’s Russian Service, Radio Svoboda in a message first posted in Russian to svobodanews.ru.
Romanian, U.S. Institutions Agree to Digitize RFE Romanian Recordings
The audio archives of one of Radio Free Europe’s most storied broadcast services, the Romanian Service, will be digitized and preserved for future generations, under a partnership agreement signed by…
RFE/RL Journalist Assaulted And Detained By Belarus Authorities
Belarus police assaulted and interrogated an RFE/RL correspondent at an opposition meeting outside of Minsk.