ECPMF news

Kosovo parliamentary chief resigns after revelations by online newspaper

23/08/2016

An investigation by the Prishtina-based website Insajderi.com has lead to the resignation of Adem Grabovci, chief of Kosovo’s ruling parliamentary group

OSCE strongly condemns attack on public broadcaster in Kosovo

26/08/2016

The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Jean-Claude Schlumberger, and the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, on the 23rd of August condemned the attack on the premises of Radio Television Kosovo (RTK) in Prishtinë/Priština

Albanian journalists demand Parliament to reject law threatening media freedom

23/08/2016

The Association of Professional Journalists (APJ) in Albania together with a coalition of journalists’ organisations called on the Albanian Parliament to withdraw a provision in an anti-corruption law that would threaten media freedom

Moldova: foreign broadcasters banned

11/08/2016

The reform of the Broadcasting Code in Moldova threatens to affect media pluralism in the country

Armenia: RSF calls for end to impunity for police violence against journalists

02/08/2016

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the violence used by police against journalists while dispersing a demonstration in Yerevan on the evening of 29 July

EU must hold Turkish President accountable for press freedom violations

01/08/2016

As arrests of journalists and media closure continue, the International and the European Federation of Journalists (IFJ/EFJ) call on the European Union to take additional steps to hold Turkish president Erdogan accountable for press freedom breaches

Turkey: Journalist Bülent Mumay Detained

27/07/2016

Of the 42 journalists against whom detention warrant has been issued within scope of the probe launched as to coup attempt, Bülent Mumay has been taken into custody

Serbia, censorship according to Aleksandar Vučić

01/08/2016 -  Antonela Riha Belgrade

An exhibition organised by the Serbian Progressive Party of Prime Minister Vučić tries to counter criticism about censorship in the Serbian media. The effect, however, is that of a blacklist

Turkey: detention Warrant for 42 Journalists

26/07/2016

Custody order has been issued for 42 journalists including journalist Nazlı Ilıcak within the investigation into Gülen Community

Croatia: radio and tv under the blows of the conservatives

22/07/2016 -  Sven Milekić Zagreb

A month after the fall of the government, right-wing parties remain in control of the Croatian public service, with layoffs and cancellations