Articles by Sielke Kelner

Libertà di espressione e SLAPP: nuovi dati e strumenti in Italia

09/12/2024 -  Sielke Kelner

L'uso di molestie legali da parte dei potenti di turno continua ad mettere a rischio la libertà dei media e la libertà di espressione in Italia. Il nodo italiano di CASE offre un'importante occasione di confronto e presenta nuovi strumenti per contrastarle

Press freedom in Italy: those in power are not to be criticised

03/05/2024 -  Sielke Kelner

In 2021, then opposition leader Giorgia Meloni sued Roberto Saviano for defamation. Last October, the Rome Criminal Court issued a sentence against the Italian writer. A ruling that alarmed Italian and European civil society. We had a conversation about it with Antonio Nobile, Saviano's lawyer

Missione MFRR in Romania, il report finale

04/04/2024 -  Sielke Kelner

Il report della missione in Romania condotta lo scorso gennaio dal consorzio MFRR esamina l'influenza politica, le liti temerarie e le molestie cui sono soggetti i media romeni

Evamama racconta

28/03/2024 -  Sielke Kelner

Dalla memoria dei szilvás gombóc transilvani ai tappeti di amicizie greco-romene. Nonna Eva (Evamama) racconta storie di vita quotidiana nella Romania di confine negli anni Cinquanta del secolo scorso

Silencing Voices in Italy: The Erosion of Media Freedom

18/01/2024 -  Sielke Kelner

Italy's media is in crisis, battling legal onslaughts and facing a surge of censorship one year after the establishment of the far-right government led by Giorgia Meloni

Il tram 14 e le lingue monche

23/06/2023 -  Sielke Kelner

Un racconto sull’impatto che la migrazione ha sulla lingua e le lingue parlate, maturato durante una corsa su un tram romano

Sara Manisera: the challenges of investigative journalism

05/06/2023 -  Sielke Kelner

Investigative journalists, in addition to the risks of the trade, often incur libel lawsuits, SLAPPs, etc.. Especially if, like Sara Manisera, they deal with sensitive issues such as organised crime. We interviewed her

Emilia Sercan, a life under siege

08/03/2023 -  Sielke Kelner

Investigative journalist and university lecturer Emilia Sercan is at the centre of a new smear campaign after revealing that the Interior minister had plagiarised his doctoral thesis. We met her

Transylvania: memories of pickled gherkins

17/02/2023 -  Sielke Kelner

For families who emigrated from Eastern Europe, affection and memory are also handed down through culinary inheritances. Distant and recent memories of a Transylvanian grandmother intertwine remembering Erzsebet's passion for coffee and her lost pickled gherkins recipe

Romania: la libertà di circolazione nella periferia d’Europa

23/12/2022 -  Sielke Kelner

Per i cittadini romeni il mancato ingresso in Schengen ha un forte impatto simbolico: ennesima esclusione che arriva dall'Europa e tragico ricordo a quando erano prigionieri all'interno del loro stesso paese

Romania: plagiarism, a gateway to corruption

19/12/2022 -  Sielke Kelner

In this conversation with Emilia Șercan, investigative journalist and senior lecturer at the University of Bucharest, we explored the state of the art of Romanian journalism and reflected upon the different meanings of plagiarism in a country where corruption remains rampant

Against SLAPPs, the first European conference

07/11/2022 -  Sielke Kelner

The first European conference for the fight against SLAPPs, also known as gag or reckless complaints, was held in Strasbourg on 20 October, organised by the European Center for Press and Media Freedom and the Coalition against SLAPP in Europe. The report of the event