Kosovo

(WPFC/IFEX) – The following is a WPFC letter expressing concern over plans for a media control system in Kosovo: **Updates IFEX alerts of 23 June and 22 June 1999** His Excellency Kofi A. Annan Secretary General United Nations His Excellency Knut Vollebaek Chairman Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe cc: OSCE Secretary General Jan […]

(WPFC/IFEX) – The following is a WPFC press release: 9 August 1999 FOR IMMEDIATE USE World Press Freedom Committee Aids Media in Kosovo RESTON, Va. — The World Press Freedom Committee today announced the award of a three-part assistance grant to support revival of Kosovo’s war-devastated independent print and broadcast media. “Reestablishment of a free […]

(RSF/IFEX) – In a letter sent to Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations, Jan Kubis, Secretary General for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Romano Prodi, President of the European Commission, and to the ministers of foreign affairs for France, the United Kingdom, Germany and Italy, RSF emphasized the need for […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 17 June 1999 CPJ update on the situation in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia: **Updates IFEX alerts of 16 June, 15 June, 14 June, 26 April, 26 March, 25 March, 23 March, and 22 March 1999** Correspondents shot in Kosovo; Yugoslav army harassment continues in Montenegro, while exiled daily […]

(HRW/IFEX) – The following is a 15 June 1999 Human Rights Watch press release: **Updates IFEX alerts of 26 April, 26 March, 25 March, 23 March and 22 March 1999** NEWSPAPER KOHA DITORE PUBLISHER AND EDITOR SAFE IN KOSOVO (New York, June 15, 1999) – The Albanian-language newspaper Koha Ditore reported today that its publisher, […]

(RSF/IFEX) – The following is an RSF report: War in Yugoslavia: Nato’s media blunders Kosovo is being used as a pawn in a media war planned by strategists on both sides. The workings of the propaganda machine hold no secrets for the Serbs: the Belgrade government is fundamentally opposed to press freedom and does not […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – Two German journalists on assignment in Kosovo were fatally shot by unidentified gunmen on 13 June 1999 just outside Dulje, some 25 miles south of the provincial capital Pristina. **Updates IFEX alert of 14 June 1999** Veteran photographer Volker Kraemer, 56, died on the scene, while 35-year-old Gabriel Gruener, an experienced Balkans correspondent, […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is an IFJ press release: Media Release Kosovo Journalists Fight Back: Alliance of Journalists Relaunched · Headquarters in Exile Established in London · Regional Sections in Albania and Republic of Macedonia · International Appeal for Support of Displaced Media Staff JOURNALISTS of Kosovo who have been scattered around Europe following expulsion […]

(HRW/IFEX) – The Albanian-language newspaper “Koha Ditore” resumed publication from Macedonia on 22 April 1999. **Updates IFEX alerts of 26 March, 25 March, 23 March, and 22 March 1999** Before its March closure by Serb police, “Koha Ditore” was the largest and most influential Albanian-language newspaper in Kosovo. On 22 March, the newspaper and its […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ has documented several alarming new developments for the press in Yugoslavia. **Updates IFEX alerts of 13 April, 12 April, 9 April, 7 April, 2 April, 1 April, 29 March, 25 March, 24 March 1999** 15 April – Independent Media Commission Orders Kanal S Television Off the Air – The Independent Media Commission […]

(IPI/IFEX) – IPI is condemning the detention of two Spanish television correspondents and a Dutch freelance photographer in Kosovo. **Updates IFEX alert of 6 April 1999**

(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is an IFJ press release: Media Release April 6th 1999 IFJ Calls for Safety First As Journalists and Media Are Caught in Kosovo Crossfire The International Federation of Journalists today called on media organisations and journalists to minimise risks to news teams as the military action in Kosovo and Serbia intensifies. […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is a 29 March 1999 IFJ press release: **Updates IFEX alerts of 29 March 1999** Media Release March 29th 1999 IFJ Condemns Kosovo Media Murders: “Senseless Attack on Democracy and Human Rights” The International Federation of Journalists today condemned the murder of a leading Kosovo journalist and the killing of a […]

(HRW/IFEX) – The following is an HRW press release: **Updates IFEX alerts of 22 March, 19 March, 16 March, 15 March and 12 March 1999; for background on the Law on Public Information see IFEX alerts of 23 October and 21 October 1998** FOR RELEASE March 22, 1999 For further information contact: Fred Abrahams (1-212) […]

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF is protesting the fines imposed on Albanian-language newspapers in the south of Kosovo. According to RSF’s information, on 22 March 1999, the main Albanian-language daily in Kosovo, “Koha Ditore”, was sentenced to pay a fine of 520,000 dinars (US$51,682, FF308,320, Euro 47,000) further to a complaint lodged by Alexander Vucic, Serbia’s Information […]

HASH(0x871bd1c) (AMARC/IFEX) – The following is a statement by the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) distributed in its entirety by AMARC: Belgrade — January 7, 1999 The Association of Independent Electronic Media in FR Yugoslavia (ANEM) calls on all relevant agents to urgently invest efforts to improve the media and information situation in Kosovo. […]