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2008
Media in "worrying" state
B92. September 19, 2008.
BELGRADE -- No media reform has been conducted in Serbia, while freedom of speech was less pronounced than in 2006.
Academics, U.S. Culture Subjects for Hundreds of Students from Kazakhstan
Kansas City InfoZine. April 06, 2008
Kamila Issabekova, 25, a graduate student in public administration at American University, wrote in her first letters to a friend in Kazakhstan that relationships between men and women are interesting in the U.S.
Internet Law - Albania Copyright Law
Internet Business Law Services (IBLS).
Wednesday, April 02, 2008.
Albania is a smaller state in southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic and Ionian Seas, directly across from Italy, and set between Greece in the south and Montenegro and Serbia in the north. The state is working to create a vibrant economy, in part, by embracing the world standard on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) with some notable successes.
The United States Counts on a Progressive Dialogue with Uzbekistan
Turkish Weekly. March 29, 2008.
"The United States does not have military bases in Uzbekistan and neither has it applied for their establishment in this country," Ambassador Richard Norland said. "This issue was not on the agenda of Admiral Fallon's visit to Tashkent this January. It is not on the agenda of the US Administration at this point.
Professors collaborate to bring online journalism to Jordan
Tennesse Journalist, University of Tennesse. February 29, 2008.
Three Journalism professors from the Middle East University for Graduate Studies in Jordan are working with UT professors on a program that will bring the new world of online journalism to Jordan.
Decision 2008 and Creating Jobs: It’s the economy, stupid
ArmeniaNow.com. February 15, 2008.
It can be difficult to reconcile that Armenia is struggling economically when visiting Yerevan, with its busy construction of modern buildings, new districts and luxurious private estates. However, the Yerevan activity doesn’t represent the full image of Armenia; an excursion to the rural areas shows a picture of economic stagnation.
Concerns over Kosovo Constitution
Balkan Insight. February 14, 2008.
Kosovo’s civil society institutions have expressed their unease over the new constitution, blaming government bodies for manipulating the public debate about it.
Jordan: USAID launches media training programme
Arab Media & Society. February 8, 2008.
Amman (JT): A group of senior media professionals will sharpen their skills as trainers and consultants at a special "training of trainers" course starting next week as part of USAID's Jordan Media Strengthening Programme.
Media Shy: Why “exposure” is a dirty word for businessmen
ArmeniaNow. January 4, 2008.
In contrast to societies in which companies spend millions on public-relation ploys to attract media attention, business practice in Armenia remains an insular, guarded realm in which corporate heads discourage attention rather than solicit it. Efforts to profile businesses for this series of articles was a reminder that even successful businessmen would rather turn off the spotlight than be found in it.
2007
Director General of Trend News Agency: Chief Task of Azerbaijani National Expert Council is to Form Intellectual Class in Azerbaijan
Trend News Agency. November 5, 2007.
Caucasian Media Conference Inspires Debates on Professional Standards
The Georgian Times. October 15, 2007.
At the 4th annual South Caucasus Media Conference in Tbilisi, journalists, editors and NGOs from three South Caucasian countries stressed the need for a self-regulating body and self-regulation standards, but they also noted that they are currently absent or inadequately functioning in these countries.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln hosts international teachers (PDF Download)
Daily Nebraskan. October 11, 2007.
For the fourth time in four years the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Department of Education Administration will host educators from the Caucasia region and Central Asia.
Croatia’s media: arrested development
FollowtheMedia.com. October 1, 2007.
A decade ago European institutions saw Croatia’s media sector as hopeless, with little or no possibility developing to recognized standards. The new century brought considerable donor involvement in media but only modest attention from major broadcasters and publishers. The European Union declared Croatia last November a functioning market economy, another step toward EU accession and signal that the ‘post-donor’ era had begun.
John Mark Pommersheim, Consul General of the United States of America in Vladivostok
Vladivostok Times - Vladivostok, Russia. May 29, 2007
Joint projects between American business people and their colleagues in the Russian Far East are developing apace. A lot of the business contacts that were established in the early 1990s between Russian and American businesses in the region continue to function and bear fruit. While they may not necessarily receive much media coverage, they are indeed happening in a wide variety of areas.
Conference to debate safety of journalists - Jordan
MENAFN - Jordan Times, Amman. May 2, 2007.
UNESCO Jordan and UNESCO Iraq, along with USAID's media implementer, the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX), is organising a one-day conference on Thursday to raise awareness about safety of journalists and impunity of crimes committed against the media.
Center for International Media Assistance Inaugural Forum: Exposing Corruption and Promoting Good Governance
NED, Washington, DC. April 30, 2007.
Raising awareness about safety of journalists and impunity of crimes committed against media is the topic of a conference organized in Jordan’s capital Amman on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, on May 3.
World Press Freedom Day workshop to debate safety of journalists and impunity
UNESCO, Amman. April 30, 2007.
Raising awareness about safety of journalists and impunity of crimes committed against media is the topic of a conference organized in Jordan’s capital Amman on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, on May 3.
Television: How is the great persuader performing pre-May 12?
ArmeniaNow. April 20.
Slogans such as “Make Your Right Choice” intrude into Armenian homes through television heralding the upcoming elections.
Dirty Politics or Dropping Dollar?: Are TV time rate increases a pro-government conspiracy?
ArmeniaNow. April 14, 2007.
A noticeable increase in commercial air time rates in Armenia since the last election campaign season has caused opposition political parties to attack the rise in prices as a pro-government conspiracy to monopolize the airwaves.
Tycoon sues Ukrainian reporters in UK
Kyiv Post. April 05, 2007.
Increasingly concerned about his reputation, Ukraine’s richest tycoon has decided to take Ukrainian journalists and publications disseminating allegedly defamatory material against him to court in the UK.
The readers' editor on ... sharing the idea of media accountability in Jordan
The Guardian. March 12, 2007.
Partly as a result of the profile that the job of readers' editor has here at the Guardian, and partly through my involvement in the Organisation of News Ombudsmen (Ono), I am asked to speak about the ombudsman system - to explain how it works - in many parts of the world, most recently in Jordan.
Financing an MBA: The Tangible Limit
St. Petersburg Times. February 27, 2007.
How does one find the money for an MBA degree? Is it better to get a loan or ask your employer to finance it? Or is it really possible to get a scholarship? These are the frequently asked questions that most MBA applicants need answering.
Divided Kosovo's multiethnic newspaper
The Christian Science Monitor. February 21, 2007.
As last-ditch talks over the province's future open in Vienna Wednesday, the paper offers a less divisive view.
Back in the U.S.We.R: Students from post-Soviet countries study at EMU
Exemplar University Magazine, Eastern Michigan University. January 2007.
For Serhiy Kovalchuk and Leyla Safarova, life has not been exactly what they expected since they arrived at EMU. Kovalchuk and Safarova are part of an exchange program that brings undergraduate students from former Soviet republics to the United States to study for one academic year.
Media Sustainability Index
Yemen Times, Yemen. January 22, 2007.
The creation of indicators and standards has continously proved as a good way to measure development and progress. It is also used as means for comparision and motivation to improve. For example, the United Nations Human Development Index is a tool used to measure development through life expencancy, literacy and education and standard of living.
Beatrice Daily Sun, Nebraska. January 18, 2007.
Among the new experiences Anastasiya Saparalieva has encountered as an exchange student in Beatrice, one that sticks out the most is the sea of red that shows up for a Husker football game. “It's great how everyone is for the Huskers,” said Saparalieva, who is taking classes at Southeast Community College-Beatrice Campus. “I was impressed, the whole town was red.”
Tunisian journalist talks about training in the United States
Magharebia, Tunisa. January 12, 2007.
Tunisian journalist Hmida Ben Romdhane spent two months in the United States, where he took a course at Northwestern University and learned about the techniques of online journalism at the Washington Post.