ECPMF news

Serbia: journalists on the streets

20/01/2016 -  Antonela Riha Belgrade

Journalists protest all over Serbia. The Prime Minister, Aleksandar Vučić, says it as an attempt to destabilize the government, and calls for early elections

Journalists’ solidarity in Kosovo: the RTK case

13/01/2016 -  Marzia Bona

A public campaign launched by RTK journalists against censorship and political interference in the national broadcaster achieved positive results. OBC interviewed Shkumbin Ahmetxhekaj, editor at RTK, who took part to the campaign

Romania: from traditional to social media

31/12/2015 -  Luka Zanoni

Traditional media no longer have the monopoly of information, social media are advancing. An interview with Ioana Avadani, director of the Center for Independent Journalism in Romania

Resource Centre: a toolbox for media freedom

17/12/2015 -  Marzia Bona

A new online platform was developed by OBC and the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF). The platform enables journalists, policy makers, scholars, and citizens to access updated materials on media freedom and pluralism in Europe

Wiki for Media Freedom: an interview with the Wikipedian in Residence

15/12/2015 -  Michelle Trimborn

An interview by the ECPMF staff to the Wikipedian in residence Davide Denti, hosted at OBC within the project Wiki for Media Freedom

Call from Journalist Organizations on Erdoğan: ‘Freedom for Journalists in Prison‘

02/12/2015

Following the arrest of Dündar and Gül from Cumhuriyet daily, journalists' organizations have made a call on President Erdoğan for releasing the arrested

Transeurope. Civil society networks

27/11/2015

The video of the workshop: Media freedom and the growth of the European public sphere

Greece: Journalists arrested, accused of taking photos in court

25/11/2015 -  Marzia Bona

Two journalists from Italy and the USA have been arrested in the city of Polygyros and accused of taking photos of a trial inside a court room without permission, which is prohibited according to Greek law

ECPMF- Meeting with media partners

On November 21st, as a side event of the international conference Transeuropa organized by Osservatorio Balcani Caucaso, a working meeting was held with ECPMF media partners. Some pictures of the meeting

The price of being a journalist in Turkey

23/11/2015 - 

Arrested at the end of August and charged with “engagement in terrorist activities”, the journalist Mohammed Rasool is still detained in Turkey. A warning for journalism and foreign media outlets