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An analysis of the media situation in Romania, released by the Center for Media Transparency, highlights different media models in the country, their relation to politics and the deriving challenges in terms of media pluralism and transparency

The report looks at Balkan countries' reactions to the attacks against the French journalists

OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media calls on Croatian authorities to protect differing and critical voices and to investigate string of attacks on journalists

Freezing the assets of the Georgian television channel Rustavi 2 following an ownership dispute threatens media pluralism in the country, warns OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media

Independent Azeri journalist Rasim Aliyev dies in Baku, after being beaten following his criticism against a local football player

OSCE Representative for Freedom of the Media condemns the attack on journalist Cornelia Krebs, who was reporting on border migration issues in Macedonia

Together, they will create an educational online platform to support young media makers and a comic book about press freedom in their countries

Speaking at the end of her two-day visit to Montenegro, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović welcomed the new draft Code of Ethics for Montenegrin journalists

The Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe sent a letter to the president of Ossigeno per l'Informazione on the occasion of today's conference “Protect who reports inconvenient truths”, taking place in Rome

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) welcomes the launch of the Croatian Center for the Protection of Freedom of Expression. The Croatian Journalists’ Association (HND), in cooperation with the Union of Croatian Journalists (SNH), both members of the EFJ, will present this project in Zagreb, on 2 July. The Center will provide legal protection to journalists, in a context of increasingly frequent threats and intimidation