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30.04	CELEBRITY POLITICIANS ON WAY OUT? Almaty, Kazakhstan, April 28 – Celebrity politicians risk defeat at the polls if they rely on image alone, without substance. The vogue for ‘media star’ political leaders may even be on its way out.

30.04	MEDIA LAW AND MEDIA FREEDOM: ANXIETIES AND REALITIES Almaty, Kazakhstan, April 28 – The Internet can spread freedom of speech around the world, but content cannot be above the law. Speakers in a panel discussion at the Eurasian Media Forum expressed varying degrees of concern about attempts by different authorities to restrain both free expression and open access to the worldwide web.

28.04	FEAR AND IGNORANCE DOMINATE MEDIA REPORTING OF PANDEMICS Almaty, Kazakhstan, April 27 – The mass media and government health services have both largely failed in their task of informing the public about the risks of recent global pandemics such as ‘swine flu’.

27.04	IRAN REJECTS THREATS, DEMANDS EQUALITTY IN DIALOGUE WITH THE WEST Almaty, Kazakhstan, April 27 – American and Western threats against Iran will simply not work, a senior Iranian official told the Eurasian Media Form in Almaty Tuesday.

27.04	KAZAKH LEADER WIELDS INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL AUTHORITY Almaty, Kazakhstan, April 27 – President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan launched the annual Eurasian Media Forum Tuesday with a call for international cooperation on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, setting the scene for a lively panel discussion with senior delegates from Iran.

29.03	KAZAKHSTAN MEDIA FORUM TO FOCUS ON IRAN Almaty, Kazakhstan, March 2010 – Senior officials from Iran are expected to discuss their country’s fraught relations with the West during the annual Eurasian Media Forum (EAMF) to be held in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on April 27 – 28.

12.02	Global Economic Crisis on East-West Agenda Almaty, Kazakhstan, February 2009 - The global economic crisis and US President Barack Obama’s impact on East-West relations will be high on the agenda of the Eurasian Media Forum, to be held in Kazakhstan on April 23 - 24, 2009.The Forum, now in its 8th year, is a unique annual event. It brings together several hundred politicians, business leaders, academics and journalists from around the world, many from Russia and the CIS countries, to discuss topical issues on the global news schedule.

08.05	The 7th annual Eurasian Media Forum took place in Almaty, Kazakhstan on April 24-25, 2008 The conference was the biggest in its history, with over 500 delegates from East and West: political leaders, academics and journalists from the regional and international media. President Nursultan Nazarbayev opened the Forum with a call for international cooperation to cope with coming food and energy shortages (see NEWS on this page). Dr Dariga Nazarbayeva, founder of the Forum, welcomed the delegates. Other key speakers were Srgjan Kerim, President of the 62nd Session of the United Nations General assembly, Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, Secretary General of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and Zbigniew Brzezinski, US National Security Advisor to President Carter. An Executive Report on the conference debates will be published shortly on this website.

24.04	Kazakhstan offers help to counter world food and energy shortages Almaty, Kazakhstan, April 24 – Kazakhstan called Thursday for a new form of international cooperation to deal with coming world food and energy shortages.Opening the 7th annual Eurasian Media Forum in Almaty, President Nursultan Nazarbayev pledged that Kazakhstan could play a substantial role in ensuring future global food and energy supplies.

26.03	7th Eurasian Media Forum to Raise Topical Issues of These Days 7th Eurasian Media Forum to Raise Topical Issues of These Days Almaty, Kazakhstan, 24th and 25th April 2008

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