Corresponding with the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Iron Curtain, the Konrad Adenauer Foundation is calling attention to the role of the media in the political change in central and Eastern Europe from 1989-1990.

Visitors from Germany and Romania will be called upon as references and witnesses. With the expansion of the Internet and mobile technology in the second half the 1990s, new methods of mass communication and information have been established. These new media channels have had an important role during the political upheaval in Serbia in 2000 and in the Ukraine in 2004 (Orange Revolution). Guests from these countries will report on these issues. The goal is to identify the role of new media and the opportunities and risks during future political conflicts.

Hosted by Konrad Adenauer Foundation

 
Chair:

Dirk Förger, Director Media Program South-East-Europe, Konrad Adenauer Foundation

 

 

Tamara Skrozza, Journalist of VREME

 

Holger Doetsch, University teacher

Dr. Annelie Ute Gabanyi, Political scientist, Journalist

Andrij Shevchenko, Deputy of the Ukrainian Parliament

Giorgi Targamadze, Deputy of the Georgian Parliament

Thursday, 4 June 2009, 2:30 p.m., Plenary Chamber