Alhurra Television was visited by a group of 13 Foreign Service Officers who will be assigned to embassies and consulates in Jordan, Jerusalem, Egypt, Morocco and Iraq. The diplomats are studying at the Foreign Service Institute’s School of Arabic Language and Cultural Studies and will Read more »
The Broadcasting Board of Governors’ Strategy and Budget Committee will meet on Wednesday, April 10, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at BBG Headquarters in Washington. The Committee will discuss the agency’s capacity to increase broadcasting to North Korea as necessary, receive an update on Read more »
WASHINGTON DC – An open meeting of the Broadcasting Board of Governors will be held on Thursday, April 11, 2013, at BBG Headquarters in Washington. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 12:30 p.m. The agenda includes updates on programming initiatives and development from VOA, Read more »
The Broadcasting Board of Governors’ Governance Committee is scheduled to meet on Wednesday, April 10, from 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at BBG Headquarters in Washington. The agenda includes discussion of BBG board staffing and labor issues, performance reviews of entity heads, a policy on Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — More than 26-million adults across Latin America are now getting up-to-date news and information from Voice of America each week, thanks in part to an expanding number of affiliate stations that stretch from Mexico to Chile. Acting Latin America Division Director Clara Dominguez Read more »
MIAMI – Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez made a live, in-person appearance yesterday at the Martís’ headquarters in Miami as part of her 80-day world tour to raise awareness about human rights issues in Cuba. “I speak with many activists and people around the country for Read more »
Springfield, VA - Alhurra Television passed the one million “likes” mark on its Facebook page over the weekend. Fans use the page to engage the broadcaster and each other and discuss the latest news and information. “We are excited that we have hit this milestone on Read more »
The BBG’s annual review of language services is underway with an eye toward setting priorities in line with the current geopolitical landscape and media environment… Mandated by Congress, the annual Language Service Review (LSR) is a process during which the Broadcasting Board of Governors prioritizes Read more »
Alhurra’s State Department correspondent, Michel Ghandour interviewed Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Tara Sonenshine about public diplomacy and countering violent extremism in the Middle East. On the role of public diplomacy in fighting violent extremism, Under Secretary Sonenshine said that Read more »
Alhurra Television provided extensive coverage of the 24th Arab League Summit held on March 26, 2013, in Doha, Qatar. The Summit had the Syrian crisis at the top of its agenda and was attended by 15 Arab country heads of state. Alhurra provided live coverage Read more »
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