The Media: from the Cold War to the Internet

THE MEDIA: FROM THE COLD WAR TO THE INTERNET

Conference

Wednesday, 2 November 2005, 2 p.m.

Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, Festival Hall

Favoritenstrasse 15a, 1040 Vienna

Programme

2 p.m. Opening Remarks: Jiří GRUŠA (Director of the Diplomatic Academy of

Vienna and International President of the PEN Club)

Introduction: Melanie SULLY (Professor Political Science, DA)

Miklos HARASZTI (Head OSCE Representative of Freedom on the Media):

“From Iron Curtain to Digital Divide, the state of the media in former

Soviet republics”

Kestutis GIRNIUS (Radio Free Europe/Liberty in Prague): "Radio Free Europe's

contribution to Media Freedom".

David DADGE (Editor, International Press Institute, Vienna): “Dangers for Journalists

in Iraq”

Discussion

Moderation: Kerry SKYRING (Radio Journalist, ORF)

Coffee

Eugen CARAS (Head of OSCE Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European

Integration of the Republic of Moldova): “Media Situation in the Transnistria

region of the Republic of Moldova”

Aaron RHODES (Director of the International Helsinki Federation for Human

Rights): “Free Media under threat from Belarus to Central Asia”

Almaz ISMANOV (Kyrgyz Journalist and media monitor for the OSCE):

“Media and Politics in Kyrgyzstan” (in Russian / English Translation)

Oliver VUJOVIC (Secretary General of SEEMO-IPI, South East Media

Organisation): “Influence of the Media on the war in ex-Yugoslavia”

Discussion

Moderation: Alexander IVANKO (OSCE) and

Walter REICHEL (Federal Press Service, Austrian Chancellery)

The event will be followed by a Vin d’honeur.

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In cooperation with:

Academic Forum for Foreign Affairs Austria (AFA), Alpha Giovane, Austrian Association for Foreign Policy and International Relations (ÖGA), Embassy of the Republic of Moldova, Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe (IDM), OSCE, Stadt Wien – Auslandsbeziehungen, Österreichisch-Moldavische Gesellschaft, ÖVP-Parlamentsklub, United Nations Association of Austria (ÖLNV),