Our friends at PATTIRO (Center for Regional Information and Studies) and IHRIP (International Human Rights Internship Program) are “interested in identifying other organizations that are working in the area of the right to education and government budgets.” Please contact Global Integrity (info@globalintegrity.org) if you need contact information for either group. PATTIRO currently works on budget…
Yesterday, the Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) and the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) jointly hosted a panel event to discuss the current role of independent media in Russia. The panel was entitled “The Struggle for Press Freedom in Russia: The Role of Independent Regional Newspapers” and it featured Anna Koshman who runs a…
In September, our blog highlighted a story on the inordinately high number (over 95%!) of Long Island Railroad (LIRR) employees who file for and receive disability benefits. The New York Times has continued to follow the federal investigation of the LIRR and published two stories already this week focused on the role of doctors, managers…
Senator Ted Stevens (Republican-Alaska) is convicted on seven felony counts for hiding more than US$250,000 in gifts received from an oil executive while in office. Stevens is locked in a tight re-election battle that now looks likely to go to the Democrats. We round up the coverage for you here: The AP has the overview…
Anti-FARC graffiti, Paris, France. Photo: Damien Boilley (cc/by)
The BBC reports on a bomb planted under the car of Ivo Pukanic, the owner of a leading daily paper. Zagreb has been plagued by violence linked to organized crime. BBC: A car bomb in the Croatian capital Zagreb has killed Ivo Pukanic, the owner of a leading weekly newspaper, and his colleague. Mr Pukanic,…