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Radio Free Iraq Gets Exclusive Interview With Jalal Talabani
Former Iraqi Governing Council member and head of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Jalal Talabani discussed the upcoming trial of deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in an exclusive interview with…
U.S. Ambassador Backs ‘Engagement, Rather Than Isolation’ In Relations With Turkmenistan
In an exclusive interview with RFE/RL, U.S. Ambassador Tracey Ann Jacobson said that her government believes that “engagement, rather than isolation, is the best way to encourage development” in that…
RFE/RL Correspondent Roughed Up While Covering Belarus Parliament Debate
An RFE/RL correspondent sent to cover debate in the Belarusian Parliament today was twice denied access to the parliament and physically removed from the Parliament Building.
Doctor Files Libel Charges After RFE/RL Correspondent Quotes Drug Abuse Statistics
A correspondent for RFE/RL’s Azerbaijani Service was called into court on June 10 to answer libel charges brought against her by the head of a local drug abuse rehabilitation center.
“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 Correspondent Convicted, Threatened For Reporting on Serbian Corruption
An RFE/RL correspondent was convicted on March 16 of criminal libel for reporting on the alleged seizure of a building in the Serbian town of Sabac in 2000 by a…
RFE/RL Service Expands Coverage of Both Sides in Kosovo Violence
RFE/RL’s South Slavic and Albanian Languages Service (SSALS) broadcast live, eyewitness reports last week from both the Serbian and Albanian enclaves of Mitrovica, as the worst violence seen in Kosovo…
Detained Turkmen Correspondents Released, Warned To Stop Reporting For RFE/RL
Recently jailed RFE/RL Turkmen Service correspondents Rakhim Esenov and Ashyrguly Bayryev have been released by the National Security Ministry (NSM).
RFE/RL Correspondent Succeeds Colleague as Head of Serbian Independent Journalists Group
RFE/RL Belgrade correspondent Nebojsa Bugarinovic was elected in late February to serve as president of the Association of Independent Journalists in Serbia (NUNS).
Correspondents Arrested, Harassed In Turkmen Crackdown Against RFE/RL
Two RFE/RL correspondents are currently in jail in Turkmenistan, arrested as part of a campaign of harrassment carried out against RFE/RL Turkmen Service members by the Turkmen National Security Ministry…