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Killings spark calls for protection of journalists covering conflict in Ukraine

29/05/2014

Mourning the deaths of Italian photojournalist Andrea Rocchelli and his Russian interpreter Andrei Mironov, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović stressed on May 25th the need of ensuring the safety of journalists working in conflict zones in Ukraine

Mapping media freedom violations in Europe

27/05/2014

Index on Censorship, (London, United Kingdom) and Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso, (Rovereto, Italy) have launched mediafreedom.ushahidi.com, a website that will enable the reporting and mapping of media freedom violations across the 28 EU countries plus candidate countries

Seemo to Serbia: end the abuse of public funds for media

24/05/2014

The South East Europe Media Organisation is supporting the Serbian Media Coalition that sent a request on 30 April to the Serbian Ministry of Culture and Information and the Ministry of State Administration and Local Self-Government, demanding that they take all necessary steps to end the abuse of public funds that are intended for the media at the local level

EU freedom of expression guidelines welcomed, but criticised too

22/05/2014

The new EU Guidelines on Freedom of Expression online and offline were generally welcomed, but also criticized by some over what they saw as an important omission

Der Spiegel withdraws reporter after death threats over Soma disaster story

21/05/2014

Der Spiegel magazine has withdrawn its reporter from Turkey, Hasnain Kazim, after he received death threats over a report in the wake of the Soma disaster last week, German media reported May 20.

Media in Serbia: the government's double standard

20/05/2014 -  Dragan Janjić Belgrade

Aleksandar Vučić's government seems to be adopting a double standard when it comes to media: one for the EU, one for Serbia, with tight control over newspapers and television stations

Journalists and Whistleblowers in an Era of Mass Surveillance

15/05/2014

What’s at stake for freedom of expression and national security? A live-streamed panel discussion promoted by the Central European University of Budapest on May 16

Italian, Balkan journalists on RWB list of "100 Information Heroes"

12/05/2014

Two Italian and two Turkish journalists, plus one of each Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia have been named as "information heroes," along with 91 other media professionals and activists from across the globe

Turkey rated as "not free" in new global press freedom assessment

06/05/2014

Turkey has dropped out of the group of "partly free" countries to join those in the "not free" category, according to Freedom House's annual report on press freedom in the world, released on May 1st. The authors of the survey explained the country's decline with the deterioration of the media environment there in 2013

Europe: freedom of the press at stake

02/05/2014 -  Daniela Mogavero

Tomorrow is the World Press Freedom Day. According to Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Nils Muižnieks, worrying patterns are eroding press freedom also in Europe