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Moldova should be exempted from Jackson-Vanik amendment, statement
February 02, 2012Experts participating in a Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe briefing in Washington stated that Moldova should be exempted from the Jackson-Vanik amendment to allow for normal trade relations with the United States, informs Radio Free Europe...
Karzai: A country with centuries of history wants to feel respected
April 08, 2010RFE/RL President Jeffrey Gedmin met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai today at the end of a five-day trip to promote media freedom in Afghanistan. "A country with centuries of history, of cultural complexity, and a downtrodden economy that has...
Berlin Wall's Lessons for Today
November 05, 2009Two decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, RFE/RL President Jeffrey Gedmin writes in today's USA Today about the vital need for "trustworthy information" in repressive societies By Jeffrey Gedmin First as a college student, then as a...
Report: Modern Authoritarians and the Threat to Democracy
June 04, 2009On the 20th anniversary of China's Tiananmen Square crackdown and on a day when President Obama told a crowd in Egypt that he "is seeking a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world," a group of distinguished experts...
Moldova: OSCE Election-Monitoring Chief Defends Office's Record
May 11, 2009The election-monitoring arm of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has recently come under criticism for what was described as growing timidity and caution in assessing elections in some countries in the ex-Soviet space. The...
Debating Russian Coverage of the Financial Crisis
May 01, 2009In a wide-ranging debate on Russian media coverage of the financial crisis, Kommersant's Washington Bureau Chief, Dmitry Sidorov said "there is no critical analysis of the crisis in the Russian media whatsoever." But ITAR-TASS's Washington Bureau...
Helsinki Commission on Azerbaijan\'s shut down of RFE/RL and VOA
January 09, 2009Congressman Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL), Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission), made the following Congressional Record statement on the termination of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) and Voice...