Gorki Media Center Opens its Doors for Media and Broadcasters

Gorki Media Center Opens its Doors for Media and Broadcasters

 

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In the Sochi 2014 Mountain Cluster the second key venue for media and broadcasters the Gorki Media Center has officially opened.

 

Located at an altitude of 540 m above sea level, the Media Center is set to receive around 4,000 television and radio broadcasters and 500 media representatives from around the world at the highlight of the Games time.

 

The Gorki Media Center with a total area of more than 30,000 sq. m. includes the Mountain Broadcasting Center and Gorki Press Center, and comprises everything for comfortable and effective work of journalists and broadcasters.

 

From January 24 to February 1, the Gorki Media Center operates from 8.00 to 22.00.

 

From February 2 to 24, Gorki Media Center will be open around the clock, and from February 25 to 26, it will operate from 8.00 to 22.00.

 

The media center building is located a 10-35 minute drive from the Olympic venues of the Mountain Cluster, and only 48 kilometers away from the Main Media Center and Olympic venues in the Coastal Cluster.

 

The Gorki Media Center serves as a transport hub for representatives of the press, television and radio broadcasters in the Mountain Cluster, from where buses will take reporters to all sports venues in the mountains, to the Olympic Park and Main Media Center, and also to media hotels.

 

It takes less than an hour to get from the Gorki Media Center to the Main Media Center by shuttle.

 

At the transport information desk, media can receive information on the provision of transport services in the Mountain Cluster.

 

The Gorki Media Center is located in close proximity to media hotels with total capacity of 1,736 beds and it takes media representatives only 10-15 minutes to get to work.

 

On the roof of the Gorki Media Center there are 4 studios and 6 positions for live broadcasts with a stunning view of the Krasnaya Polyana and snow-capped mountains.

 

The Gorki Media Center offers a food court, a coffee shop and vending machines with food and beverages.

 

In the common area, along so-called "Main Street" one can find a post office, a pharmacy, a laundry, a supermarket, a "Sochi 2014" official outlet and a relaxation room with massage chairs.

 

http://www.sochi2014.com/

 

(Sochi 2014 Olympics Official News, 24 Friday January 2014 The Roman)

 

 

News: Riot policeman

News: Riot policeman

 

[caption id="attachment_10143" align="alignnone" width="400"] (Photo AFP - Aris Messins)[/caption]

 

Anti-émeute

 

Un policier anti-émeute devant le ministère grec des Finances à Athènes.

 

Riot

 

A riot policeman in front of the Greek Finance Ministry in Athens.

 

(AFP - Aris Messins)

 

(Agence France-Presse, 13 Wednesday November 2013 The Roman)

(Edited and Translated: R.S.F. toshiki speed news press, Agence France-Presse, 22 Friday November 2013 The Roman)

 

 

News: Guard

News: Guard

 

[caption id="attachment_10138" align="alignnone" width="400"] (Photo AFP - Filippo Monteforte)[/caption]

 

Standing guard

 

Carabinieri stand guard during a protest of anti high-speed rail activists (No Tav) in Rome on the sidelines of a Franch-Italian summit.

 

(AFP - Filippo Monteforte)

 

(Agence France-Presse, 21 Thursday November 2013 The Roman)

(Edited: R.S.F. toshiki speed news press, Agence France-Presse, 22 Friday November 2013 The Roman)

 

 

RSF avisa de que el proyecto de ley de seguridad ciudadana atenta contra la libertad de información RSF warns that the bill violates citizen security freedom of information

RSF avisa de que el proyecto de ley de seguridad ciudadana atenta contra la libertad de información

 

Madrid, 21 nov (EFE).- Reporteros Sin Fronteras (RSF) considera que el borrador del anteproyecto de Ley de Seguridad Ciudadana contiene una serie de disposiciones que atentan "gravemente" contra la libertad de información como la prohibición de captar y difundir imágenes de las fuerzas de seguridad.

 

"El ministerio del Interior español parece tener la intención de sumarse a los gobiernos que se amparan en la defensa de la 'seguridad pública' para aprobar todo tipo de leyes liberticidas", lamenta la organización en un comunicado.

 

(Agencia EFE, Jueves 21 de noviembre de 2013 La Romana)

 

 

RSF warns that the bill violates citizen security freedom of information

 

Madrid, November 21 (EFE). - Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said that the preliminary draft of the Safety Act contains a number of provisions that threaten "serious" freedom of information against the prohibition of capturing and sharing images security forces.

 

"The Spanish Interior Ministry seems intent to join governments which benefit from the defense of 'public safety' to pass all kinds of draconian laws," laments the organization in a statement.

 

(Agencia EFE, 21 Thursday November 2013 The Roman)

(Translated: R.S.F. toshiki speed news press, Agence France-Presse, 22 Friday November 2013 The Roman)

 

IN ATHENS, RWB CALLS FOR GREEK MEDIA’S TRANSFORMATION

IN ATHENS, RWB CALLS FOR GREEK MEDIA’S TRANSFORMATION

 

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On the second day of a two-day visit to Athens in the wake of the Greek government’s abrupt closure of state broadcaster ERT’s three TV stations, Reporters Without Borders secretary-general Christophe Deloire called today for a “media spring” in Greece.

 

In interviews for various media, including those of ERT, and in an address to thousands of demonstrators outside ERT headquarters today, Deloire stressed RWB’s solidarity with the Greek public, Greece’s journalists and ERT employees following the closure, which led RWB to ask in a release yesterday whether the government was trying to “economize on democracy.”

 

Deloire urged the Greek Council of State to “take all necessary measures so that the reopening of the ERT group and a resumption of service by the disconnected TV stations can be carried out as soon as possible.”

 

Recalling the democratic requirements for European Union membership and article 11 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, which says that, “The freedom and pluralism of the media shall be respected,” Deloire called on EU bodies to “take a position on the legality of the Greek government’s decision to close the state broadcaster.”

 

But Deloire also referred to the many other difficulties experienced by news providers in Greece in recent years and stressed that “reopening ERT will not be enough.”

 

“It is the entire media system that must be transformed,” he said. “It is time to end the conflicts of interest, the lack of transparency and the political affiliations. A transition from a state broadcaster to a public broadcaster that really serves the Greek people should be a government priority.”

 

Deloire also stressed the importance for Greek democracy of “independent journalists in both state and privately-owned media, journalists who resist government pressure, personal interests and self-censorship, journalists without links to political party, journalists capable of playing the role of watchdog and reporting the truth to the Greek people.”

 

To ensure the media’s independence, Deloire said, “a new basic law on media freedom, guaranteeing pluralism, must be adopted and implemented.” He also urged the Greek authorities to “stop intervening in the media and stop prosecuting journalists in connection with their reporting.”

 

He finally urged the Greek authorities “to be uncompromising in dealing with violations of freedom of information” and to “end the climate of impunity surrounding the repeated acts of violence against journalists.”

 

(Reporters Without Borders, 13 Thursday June 2013 The Roman)