Articles by World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC)
City Radio – two months off the air
(AMARC/IFEX) – The following is a statement by Nikola Djuric, general manager and editor in chief of City Radio, Nis, Serbia, on the occasion of the two-month anniversary of the radio station’s forced closing: **Updates IFEX alert of 18 August 1998** It has been two months since the Yugoslav Ministry of Telecommunications revoked the license […]
Journalist and photographer disappear
(AMARC/IFEX) – The following is a 19 October 1998 statement by the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) distributed in its entirety by AMARC: **New case and update to IFEX alert of 26 August 1998** According to ANEM’s information, the Yugoslav state news agency Tanjug has announced that two of its employees, journalist Nebojsa Radosevic […]
State clamp-down on independent media gains force
(AMARC/IFEX) – The following is a 11 October 1998 statement by the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) distributed in its entirety by AMARC: **New cases and update to IFEX alerts of 9 October, 5 October, 3 October, 3 September and 5 August 1998** On Friday, 9 October 1998, inspectors of the Yugoslav Telecommunications Ministry […]
Ban on Radio Index begins retaliation against independent media
(AMARC/IFEX) – The following is a 9 October 1998 statement by the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) distributed in its entirety by AMARC: **For background on Radio Index, see IFEX alerts of 3 September and 5 August 1998** ANEM is protesting the illegal actions Radio Television Serbia (RTS) took against Belgrade’s Radio Index on […]
Serbian Deputy Prime Minister reiterates his threats to independent media
(AMARC/IFEX) – The following is a 6 October 1998 statement by the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM), distributed in its entirety by AMARC: **Updates IFEX alerts of 5 and 3 October, and 30 and 29 October 1998** In the “Interview of the Day” show by Radio B92, leader of the Serbian Radical Party and […]
Serbian Information Minister bans foreign news programme rebroadcasts by independent broadcast media in Serbia
(AMARC/IFEX) – The following is a 5 October 1998 statement by the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM), distributed in its entirety by AMARC: **Updates IFEX alerts of 5 and 3 October, and 30 and 29 October 1998** The Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) informs the public that a greater part of its affiliates […]
Authorities force postponment of ANEM conference
(AMARC/IFEX) – The following is a 30 September 1998 press release by the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM), forwarded in its entirety by AMARC: **For background, see IFEX alert of 29 September 1998** We have just received the official information from the Council of Europe that the Yugoslav authorities have failed to give any […]
Participants refused visas for international conference “Broadcasting for a Democratic Europe”
(AMARC/IFEX) – The following is a press release issued by AMARC on behalf of Radio B92: Exactly one month ago, Radio B92, on behalf of the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) informed the Yugoslav Foreign Ministry, the Yugoslav Secretary of Information and the Serbian Information Minister that ANEM would be organising the international conference […]