Full coverage: Information & Media

30.06.2005 Gazetarët dhe redaktorët nga një numër i mediave të Beogradit dhe Prishtinës janë bërë bashkë dje në takimin “Dialogu i Mediave Beograd-Prishtinë”, i cili është organizuar në Beograd nën patronazhin e Dialogut Civil. Pjesëmarrësit e kësaj ngjarjeje kanë vlerësuar se mediat nga Kosova dhe Serbia duhet të bashkëpunojnë dhe të shkëmbejnë informata.

30.06.2005 From T-Mobile commercials to the popular TV drama "24," images of torture abound in U.S. pop culture these days. Chalk it up to harmless bits of Hollywood imagination, or a dangerous phenomenon desensitizing Americans to the real life torture and misery taking place at Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib?

30.06.2005 On Monday, June 27, the EXIT Centre organized the first of the three seminars on the subject of electronic administration, titled “eAdministration Perspective” in Banja Luka.

30.06.2005 Cetiri godini po oktomvriskite promeni, vo Srbija zapocna tranzicija vo demokratska pazarna ekonomija, no mediumskiot sektor i ponatamu ostana eden od najlosite vo regionot po prasanjata na pravnata regulativa. problenite vo zaonskata regulativa gi sledese i problematicniot izbor ba Sovetot za radiodifuzija, a potoa i podelbata na frekfencii koj seuste ne e sprovedena, e navedeno vo izvestajot od istrazuvanjeto sto go sprovede IREX ProMedia od Belgrad.

30.06.2005 Četiri godine posle oktobarskih promena, Srbija je započela tranziciju u demokratsku tržišnu ekonomiju, ali je medijski sektor i dalje jedan od najgorih u regionu kad je u pitanju pravna regulativa, navodi se u istraživanju koje je sproveo IREX ProMedia Beograd.

30.06.2005 Novinari i urednici iz više prištinskih i beogradskih medija okupili su se na skupu "Dijalog medija Beograd-Priština" koji je u okviru Civilnog dijaloga održan u Beogradu. Mediji sa Kosova i iz Srbije treba da sarađuju i da razmenjuju informacije, ocenili su učesnici skupa.

30.06.2005 Del 8 al 10 de junio, representantes de los gobiernos latinoamericanos y caribeños se reunieron en Río de Janeiro, Brasil, para discutir y aprobar un plan de acción que permita implementar avances en el desarrollo de las nuevas tecnologías de la información y la comunicación y formular políticas concretas para construir una sociedad de la información que permita superar la enorme brecha digital que existe en América Latina y el Caribe, que sabemos está ligada a otras brechas sociales y económicas que marcan profundas desigualdades en la región.

29.06.2005 The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, the office of the National Commissioner for Freedom to Access Information, the Coalition for Free Access to Information and the Toplica Centre for Democracy and Human Rights, organized a round-table discussion on “Free Access to Information – Rights and Responsibilities”, in the Municipal Building in Prokuplje.

29.06.2005 Trkaleznata masa "Sloboden pristap do informacii", vo organizacija na Misijata na OBSE vo Srbija i Crna Gora, Sekretarot za informacii od javen karakter, Koalicijata za sloboden pristap do informacii i Centarot za deokratija i covekovi prava od Toplica, se odrza deneska vo Prokuplje.

29.06.2005 Okrugli sto "Slobodan pristup informacijama – prava i obaveze" u organizaciji Misije OEBS-a u Srbiji i Crnoj Gori, Poverenika za informacije od javnog značaja, Koalicije za slobodu pristupa informacijama i Topličkog centra za demokratiju i ljudska prava, održan je u svečanoj sali opštine Prokuplje.

29.06.2005 "Real news is the news you and I need to keep our freedoms," correspondent and historian Richard Reeves once told a student. Public broadcasting's number one news anchor, Bill Moyers, stands up to those who, with metallic flags on their lapels, are attempting to muzzle the few in American society who are reporting the news rather than the spin.

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27.06.2005 Milano, 27 qershor - Të shtunën në një spital në Milano të Italisë vdiq Bardhyl Ajeti, gazetar i "Bota sot". Bardhyl Ajeti në një atentat më 3 qershor ishte plagosur rëndë nga persona ende të panjohur në afërsi të fshatit Bresalc të Gjilanit.

27.06.2005 Sikurse është bërë e ditur rreth një muaj më parë, sot shkrimtari i njohur shqiptar Ismail Kadare, do të tërheqë në Edinburg çmimin "Man Booker International". Ky çmim është vlerësimi i që është bërë shkrimtarit të mirënjohur rreth një muaj më parë, përballë shkrimtarëve të tjerë me famë ndërkombëtare.

27.06.2005 Grupa za promjene (GZP) zatrazila je prethodne nedelje od ministra kulture Vesne Kilibarde da zbog opstrukcije donosenja Zakona o slobodnom pristupu informacijama razrijesi funkcionera tog Ministarstva Toma Miljica ili da podnese ostavku.

27.06.2005 MaNgo is an environmentalist NGO and media network. The goal of the network is to exchange information, with the goal to raise the awareness of the B&H citizens on importance of environmental protection.

24.06.2005 Under its “Freedom of Information – Matter of Public Interest” programme, the Media Development Centre published two issues of the “Pristap/Access” Newsletter, dedicated to the topic of access to information. The newsletter is published in Macedonian language only, and is available at MDC web-site.

24.06.2005 Journalists from Bosnia and Herzegovina can get a free information video on the Law on Free Access to Information and the Law on Slander and Libel, at the Media Centre Sarajevo. The two half-hour programmes, produced by the BORAM network, present the current situation in the implementation of the two Laws.

24.06.2005 One of the pillars of the Aarhus convention is the public information, especially if the public itself requires the information. The information process does not depend on the relation between the NGO-s and institutions or Ministries but is the duty of the institutions to give the appropriate information, and/or when is not present or accessible, they should explain the reasons, in accordance with the Law, or point out the possible source for the required information, within 45 days.

24.06.2005 "Information is the democracy’s oxigen”, somebody said at one point of time. Everybody has the right to seek, receive and spread information and ideas. Without that right, there could be no efficient control of the Government, i.e. it is increasingly difficult to have a responsible government, and increasingly easy to cover up for corruption. Without this right, it is impossible to vote freely.

These are just some of the basic terms used to justify the existence of Access to Information legislation. Access to information is increasingly treated as a basic human right. After all, Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights says:

Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; the right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media regardless of frontiers

However, the right to access to information differs from the other rights related to the freedom of information, for it advocates active participation of the holders of that right, who has the right to demand the information, and not just passively wait for information to come to him/her.

In the majority of cases, this means to take the initiative, to be active, and at the same time equal in that right, regardless whether the seeker of information is an individual, or media representative.

The first right of this type was officially recognized and legislated in Sweden, some 200 years ago, and it spread later to the rest of Scandinavia, and then to the US, Europe and the rest of the world. Germany, on the other hand, still lacks a proper federal legislation.
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