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Romania to Eliminate Public Broadcast Fee

25/10/2016

Concerns about independence and sustainability of the public broadcaster, as Romania proposes to abolish the subscription fee and introduce direct funding of the public radio-television

A safe haven for media workers under threat: the ECPMF Journalists-in-Residence-Programme

21/10/2016

Until 8 November 2016, threatened media freedom activists and journalists from EU and pre-accession countries can apply for the ECPMF Journalists-in-Residence-Programme

IFJ and EFJ discuss media freedom in Turkey with CoE's General Secretary

13/10/2016

International and European Federations of Journalists and other partner media organisations of the Council of Europe Platform for the Safety of Journalists met in Strasbourg with the CoE's General Secretary

Refugees and Migrants, the inconvenient truths

03/10/2016

The European Federation of Journalists organised in Brussels, on 4th October 2016, the roundtable 'Refugees and Migrants, the inconvenient truths – Journalism against bias and stereotypes'

EBU concerned about threat to HRT and public service media in Croatia

29/09/2016

The EBU is deeply concerned about the threat to HRT in Croatia by plans to make a reduction of the licence fee part of the negotiations to form a new government

Online journalist flees Russia following threats

27/09/2016

The independent online journalist Aleksandr Sotnik yesterday announced that he had fled Russia following threats connected to his critical reporting on Kremlin policies

Macedonian journalist Zoran Bozinovski must be released

26/09/2016

The European Federation of Journalists has called for the immediate release of detained Macedonian freelance journalist Zoran Bozinovski which is on day 9 of hunger strike

ECPMF sent a letter of concern to the President of Ukraine

23/09/2016

The European Centre for Press and Media Freedom, in a letter to President Petro Poroshenko, expresses concern about the safety of journalists in Ukraine

Turkey: solidarity with a newspaper is not a crime

22/09/2016

On Spetember 20th, the first hearing was held at Istanbul court of justice against 4 journalists prosecuted for participating in a solidarity campaign with the newspaper Özgür Gündem

OSCE condemns setting reporter’s car on fire in Cyprus

22/09/2016

The car of the crime reporter from the media Reporter Online, Dina Kleanthous, was set on fire on Monday night. OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media condemned the attack