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Concerns arise over Angola’s economic influence on Portuguese media

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Regional government’s actions targeting private newspaper threaten free expression, says WAN

WAN’s letter to President Aníbal Cavaco Silva expresses serious concern at the deliberate abuse of state funding of the press by the regional government of Madeira and the consequent distortion of the newspaper market. (WAN/IFEX) His Excellency Aníbal Cavaco Silva President of Portugal Lisbon, Portugal 23 April 2009 Your Excellency, We are writing on behalf […]