ECPMF news

Cenzolovka, in memory of Slavko Ćuruvija

10/11/2015 -  Marzia Bona

The Slavko Ćuruvija Foundation was established in November 2013 in Belgrade with the aim to preserve the heritage of the journalist murdered in 1999, and advance media freedom in Serbia. OBC interviews its executive director Ilir Gaši

South East Europe Media Forum 2015

Some pictures of the ninth edition of the South East Europe Media Forum, held in Bucharest (Romania) on 5 to 6 November 2015. The event that annually brings together dozens of European journalists is organized and promoted by South East Europe Media Organisation, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and Central European Initiave.

CEI, SEEMO name investigative journalism award winners

05/11/2015

Albanian and Ukrainian journalists to be honoured at Bucharest event

ECPMF launches its Journalists-in-Residence programme

28/10/2015

Journalists from all over Europe can apply to become a Journalist-in-Residence at the ECPMF in Leipzig. The deadline for applying is January 22th 2016

Turkish judiciary seizes major media group

27/10/2015 -  Davide Denti

A week ahead of the general elections of 1 November, the Turkish judiciary has put under trusteeship a media holding linked to the Gülen movement – once an ally of Erdoğan, today among his enemies

#ECPMF: first conference in Leipzig

On 8th and 9th October 2015 the first ECPMF conference was held in Leipzig, with the participation of journalists and media experts from twenty-three different countries. OBC took part to the event as one of the funding partners.

ECPMF: Reporting refugees - media in crisis?

13/10/2015

During the first annual meeting of the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom, held on the 8 and 9 of October in Leipzig, a panel was devoted to the role of media in reporting the refugees crisis

OSCE Representative urges swift investigation of all acts of violence against journalists in Bosnia

09/10/2015

OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović yesterday condemned an apparent arson attack on a car owned by BH Radio 1 Mostar correspondent Emil Karamatić

Vukašin Obradović: critical media under fire in Serbia

15/10/2015 -  Dragan Janjić Belgrade

Restrictions on media freedom are becoming more and more common in Serbia. Interview with Vukašin Obradović, president of the Association of Independent Journalists of Serbia (NUNS)

Anniversary of Anna Politkovskaya’s death a grim reminder of impunity in Russia, says OSCE media freedom representative

07/10/2015

On the ninth anniversary of the death of Novaya Gazeta journalist Anna Politkovskaya, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today called on the government of the Russian Federation to end impunity for crimes committed against journalists