OSI participation in the 15 March 2006 public hearing of the European Parliament Intergroup on Press-Communication-Freedom

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OSI participation in the 15 March 2006 public hearing of the European Parliament Intergroup on Press-Communication-Freedom

On 15 March 2006, the Intergroup on Press-Communication-Freedom organised the following event:

Media professionals put forward their priorities for a European media policy

A public hearing
On Wednesday 15th of March, from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. in Strasbourg - room N1.3
To acknowledge the opinion of the trade unions, and those working in production and distribution

Guest speakers:

Mr. John McVay, CEPI, President
Mr. Money-Kyrle, FEJ, Director for projects
Mr. Studinger, EURO-MEI, deputy Director
Mr. Thompson, EU-MAP/OSI
Mr. Soloveicik, SEDPA, President

Following up on Mark Thompson's participation in this meeting, EUMAP and the Media Program prepared an OSI contribution to the European Parliament debate on the amendment of the Television without Frontiers Directive.

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