Press releases

27.04	Media responsibility for global economic crisis? The media need to be tougher in analysing and explaining global issues such as the current world economic and financial crisis.That was the broad conclusion of the first two panel discussions at the 8th annual Eurasian Media Forum held in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on April 23-24, 2009.

27.04	Kazakhstan ready to help solve global economic crisis – President Nazarbayev Kazakhstan calls on all countries to develop new forms of international cooperation to resolve the worst financial and economic crisis in history, President Nursultan Nazarbayev told delegates to the 8th annual Eurasian Media Forum/In an opening message to the two-day conference held in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on April 23-24, the Kazakh leader said the crisis had broken out against the backdrop of an unstable international political situation.

24.04	Israel Ex-Premier Olmert defends ban on media in Gaza Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert faced tough questioning over the recent conflict in Gaza from international journalists attending the annual Eurasian Media Forum in Almaty, Kazakhstan.Naveen Naqvi from Pakistan, chairing a session on ‘Media Management in Gaza’, challenged Olmert to explain his government’s ban on reporters entering the Palestinian territory during Israel’s three-week military operations in January.Olmert said this was due to concern for the safety of journalists. “The operation was in an area of heavy civilian population and there was a concern that journalists could be at risk and we did not want to be responsible for any harm coming to them,” he said.