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KurdistanObserver.com
Kurdish TV
Station Begins Broadcasting From Sweden
STOCKHOLM, May 15, 2006 (AFP) - The first independent non-commercial Kurdish
television station said it had started broadcasting to the Middle East via
satellite from an undisclosed location near Stockholm on Monday.
"This is the first
independent Kurdish TV station aimed at all Kurds, and the first to broadcast in
both Kurdish dialects and Persian," Kurdo Baksi, a spokesman for the channel,
told AFP.
The station,
Rojhelat TV, broadcasts two hours of news stories daily from around the world,
with particular focus on the Middle East and Iran.
Rojhelat also plans
to broadcast news, pictures and film sent in by individuals in Iran, Baksi said.
Most of Rojhelat
TV's 20 staff members are Kurds from Iran, Iraq and Turkey.
The channel is
keeping the location of its premises secret for security reasons. |
