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31.05.2005 Con la entrega de los premios a creadores cubanos, el próximo 21 de junio a las cinco de la tarde en la sede del Centro Cultural Pablo de la Torriente Brau quedará oficialmente inaugurado el VII Salón de Arte Digital, evento coauspiciado por la Oficina del Historiador de la Ciudad de la Habana, HIVOS y el Portal Cubasí de ENET / ETECSA y la colaboración de la Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba (UNEAC), el Instituto de Arte e Industria Cinematográficos (ICAIC), el Consejo Nacional de las Artes Plásticas y la Fundación el Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano.

31.05.2005 The National Alliance on ICTs for Basic Human Needs is the nodal agency for Mission 2007 and has released its report Steps Forward on how to take ICTs to all Indian villages for empowering the people and bringing about development in the villages.

30.05.2005 Delhi Police chief Dr KK Paul and Prasar Bharati CEO KS Sarma today inaugurated an audio studio OneWorld South Asia (OWSA) office that will provide free facilities to NGOs and local communities to produce their programmes on development-related issues.

30.05.2005 The World Association of Newspaper's (WAN) half-year review of press freedom worldwide says that freedom of expression, the safety of journalists and media development are under siege in most regions of the world.

27.05.2005 OneWorld South Asia will inaugurate its studio - Ek Duniya Audio Studio - on Saturday which will allow non governmental organisations to produce development communication programmes. The studio will enable radio to be used effectively as a development communication medium and empower the communities.

25.05.2005 Dentro de pocas semanas saldrá al aire Telesur, el canal creado por Hugo Chávez para competir en Latinoamérica con las grandes cadenas de noticias. Santiago Torrado habló con Jorge Enrique Botero, director de información. En:Semana.com

25.05.2005 Les grandes organisations de défense de la liberté de la presse, dont des membres de l'IFEX, pressent l'Union africaine (UA) d'adopter un traité à l'échelle du continent afin d'enchâsser le droit à la liberté d'expression, et soutiennent que cette organisation intergouvernementale doit reconnaître formellement le rôle des médias dans la promotion d'une bonne gouvernance.

24.05.2005 Gioia in Romania per la liberazione domenica scorsa dei tre giornalisti rumeni, Marie Jeanne Ion, Sorin Miscoci e Ovidiu Ohanesian, e del loro traduttore, Mohammad Musaf cittadino americano di origini irachene, sequestrati in Iraq il 28 marzo scorso. Le circostanze del rilascio non sono note: i rapitori avevano minacciato di ucciderli, se la Romania non avesse ritirato i suoi 800 militari dall'Iraq. Dal momento del sequestro il popolo romeno ha vissuto col fiato sospeso. La redazione di Osservatorio sui Balcani che ha seguito da vicino la vicenda si felicita per la liberazione dei tre colleghi rumeni.

24.05.2005 Vatavaran, IndiaÂ’s premier environment and wildlife film festival is an endeavour to provide a national platform and promote aspiring and brilliant environment and wildlife filmmakers. The effort is also to bring to the fore larger environmental concerns, to generate timely debate on the topical environmental issues involving people. Read more on Vatavaran 2005 which will be held between November 21-24 in New Delhi.

23.05.2005 Nenad Romic, jedan od osnivatelja Multimedijalnog instituta i kluba MAMA iz Zagreba radi na različitim kulturnim i tehnološkim projektima. Uz to jedan je od vodečih ličnosti Medai Laba, prostora za produkciju i istraživanje.

20.05.2005 The Central National Bureau for e-Croatia started the public debate on the draft-Law on Electronic Documents. All interested to present their opinion and join the discussion can do it by May 30, 2005.

19.05.2005 The Free Software, Free Society (FSFS) Conference, organized by Government and civil society organizations from Brazil, Italy, Venezuela and India, is scheduled for 28-30 May 2005 in the south Indian city of Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala. The meet is an attempt to initiate a South-South-North dialogue on the use of free software.

18.05.2005 Internews Network will be providing grants between $5,000 and $20,000 to NGOs and individuals in Middle East and North Africa that propose innovative projects related to monitoring information media, educating professionals and students, and supporting new media programs or publications designed to improve the situation of women and youth in the region.

17.05.2005 Una especialista costarricense se dio a la tarea de escudriñar las informaciones sobre el tratado de libre comercio (TLC) publicadas en la prensa y sus conclusiones son llamativas. Podrían explicar por qué a pesar de los ríos de tinta que han corrido durante casi tres años en torno al tema, la mayoría de los costarricenses manifiestan desconocimiento de las cláusulas negociadas y sus tremendas implicaciones para el país. En:Informa-tico

17.05.2005 At the conference for the media, held yesterday in Skopje, the representatives of FOSIM and Association of Units of Local Self-Government ZELS presented the new provisions on free access to information that will have to be integrated into the Municipal Statutes prior to the start of the decentralization process.

17.05.2005 In a major victory for net journalists, the Indian government plans to give accredition to journalists writing for the Internet. This recognition will also include bloggers. The government decision has been influenced by the fact that the Internet has become a way of life for Indians in urban centres.

16.05.2005 Fondacijata Institut otvoreno opstestvo Makedonija - FIOOM i Zaednicata na edinicite na lokalnata samouprava na Republika Makedonija - ZELS na pres-konferencijata odrzana deneska, vo prostoriite na NVO Infocentar, gi promoviraa novite odgredbi za sloboden pristap do informacii, koi treba da se vgradat vo opstinskite statuti.

16.05.2005 The New Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has announced a training programme - Research and Development Reporting - to be held at its office from June 27-30, 2005.

16.05.2005 Web prezentacija ZamisliSrbiju koju realizuju mladi iz nevladine organizacije Lingva - Kraljevo, proglašena je za najbolje konceptualno rešenje web sajta, na završnoj konferenciji "Mladi + tehnologija = ulaznica u Evropsku uniju" sa konkursa na temu "Srbija - kandidat za EU".

13.05.2005 Asocijacija nezavisnih elektronskih medija (ANEM) traži od nadležnih državnih organa Srbije razjašnjenje kontradiktornih informacija u vezi sa hapšenjem novinara iz Tutina. ANEM ponavlja principijelno protivljenje političkim pritiscima na lokalne javne medije i njihovoj zloupotrebi u dnevnopolitičke svrhe.