News from our Media Partners

Serbia and freedom of the media

20/04/2016

Curated by the foreign affairs editorial staff at Radio Popolare, the eighth episode within the ECPMF project features Luka Zanoni, OBC, talking about the media in Serbia on the eve of the parliamentary elections.

Radio Popolare: listen to the radiocast in Italian

Partisan public service

15/04/2016

Recent changes in the HRT Croatian public broadcaster threaten the rule of law. Does this mean that we should accept this political influence upon the public service, which is paid by every citizen?

H-Alter: read the full article in Croatian

Bulgaria, freedom of the press under pressure

15/04/2016

Curated by the foreign affairs editorial staff at Radio Popolare, the seventh episode within the ECPMF project features Francesco Martino, OBC, giving an overview of the situation of the press in Bulgaria.

Radio Popolare: listen to the radiocast in Italian

From traditional media to Internet

14/04/2016

In Romania, main stream media credibility is downgrading and digital information gains power. But how much can one trust Internet information? An interview with Gilo Cutrupi.

Dilema Veche: go to the article in Rumenian

Who is hiding the attackers of Tufik Softic?

07/04/2016

Special public prosecutor Milivoje Katnić is examining whether any of the prosecutors, police officers and investigative judges abused their official position during the eight years of unsuccessful investigation in the case about the attacks on journalist Tufik Softic, which ended without result.

Vijesti: read the full article in Montenegrin

Albanian journalists worried about new draft laws on online media

01/04/2016

The Albanian government is preparing new laws to control information through Internet. Meanwhile the Union of Albanian Journalists expressed its opposition.

Shqiptarja: go to the full article in Albanian

“Journalists are afraid to be labeled as extremists”. Interview with Peter Iancu

31/03/2016

Dilema Veche interviewed the famous Deutsche Welle Romanian journalist. He addressed the major issues related to media freedom in Romania

Dilema Veche: go to the full article in Romanian

Golden Dawn lawyer threatens journalist

28/03/2016

The lawyer of E.Zaroulia, an MP for the Neo-Nazi party of Golden Dawn, has filed a lawsuit against a registered journalist and the news "portalzoosos.gr" in an attempt to force them to silence.

Press Project: Read the full article in Greek

With tabloid against common sense

28/03/2016

It is difficult to talk about media freedom when many journalists do not dare to ask questions in a press conference. Those among them who are brave enough to explore and publish information about the most powerful people in Serbia often end up on the tabloid front pages and are considered enemies of the state.

Media Centar: read the full article in Bosnian

What about press freedom in the world?

24/03/2016

Dilema veche is publishing an article based on the articles of the ECPMF project, offering a country-based overview. The cases reported include: Macedonia case of police brutality against journalists who attended the refugees march of Hope, on the 14th of March; the poor state of freedom of the press in Turkey; the economic situation of journalists in Albania; the laws that are oppressing freedom of press in Belarus; the case of the Italian and American journalists in Greece that were held into custody unfairly; censorship in Serbia; the case of the Bulgarian journalist Stoian Toncev, that was attacked and threatened by a group of men.

Dilema Veche: read the full article in Romanian