Full Coverage: Information & media

30.09.2005 Indian technology students start Rural Information Kiosk in the north Indian village of Rajasthan which will assist villagers in accessing knowledge from the Internet. A student of Birla Institute of Technology (BITS) Rakesh Anugula tells more about the initiative.

30.09.2005 New Delhi-based NGO Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) is holding a training programme on library, information management and documentation from Octoer 25 - 28 in New Delhi.

30.09.2005 Tunisia's continuing rights abuses make it an unsuitable place to hold this year's United Nations World Summit on the Information Society, concludes the latest report of the Tunisia Monitoring Group.

29.09.2005 The Youth Information Desk in Zenica was officially opened today, by the Mayor of Zenica Husein Smajlovic and the Executive Director of the Youth Information Agency, Jan Zlatan Kulenovic. The Youth Info Desk Zenica was established in partnership of the Municipality of Zenica and OIA B&H, with the financial support by the Open Society Institute B&H.

28.09.2005 OneWorld South Asia organises a side event Missing Grassroots Voices on behalf of the Grassroots Caucus at the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) on September 27th. Bidisha Pillai and TN Anuradha report on the event.

28.09.2005 Ruchika Negi of the Women's Feature Service finds that five community groups in the north Indian mountain villages of Garhwal and Kumaon are helping people to access government schemes, fight corruption and discuss their everyday problems via the community radio. These five groups are working to create knowledge network societies in remote villages, where both newspapers and television have no reach.

28.09.2005 The manager of the Digital Opportunity Channel Bidisha Pillai reports on the happenings at the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) from Geneva.

27.09.2005 Tomorrow, Wednesday, September 28, the Committee of Human Rights Lawyers YUCOM and Transparency Serbia will organize a round-table discussion on the subject of “Implementation of Law on Free Access to Information in Serbia”, to mark the International Day of Freedom to Access Information.

16.09.2005 Kosovo Prime Minister, Bajram Kosumi and Silviu Hotaran, General Manager Microsoft South East Europe discussed yesterday for the possibilities of further development of relationships between “Microsoft” and Kosovo Government, including as the first step the immediate application of Windows XP in Albanian language.

09.09.2005 About 60 percent of local institutions, and approximately a third of national level institutions don’t implement the provisions of the Law on Free Access to Information, shows the latest survey conducted by Transparency Serbia.

08.09.2005 The world needs alternative media, but it needs to be credible and more accessible, said experts— bloggers, independent filmmakers, and BBC journalists—at a panel discussion on communication ahead of the Helsinki Conference on Wednesday.

07.09.2005 The small West African Republic of Guinea has taken an important step towards guaranteeing press freedom by opening the airwaves to private broadcasters.

02.09.2005 The Press Council of India (PCI) has expressed its dismay at the falling standards of journalism and is of the view that television content needs to be regulated. It also feels that foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Indian media should not be allowed.

02.09.2005 Governments in the Southern African Development Community (SADC)
region that still own, control and influence media operations have been urged to
stop furthering their political agendas through media control.