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Hahn Presses Balkan Governments on Media Freedom

16/06/2015

EU enlargement commissioner Johannes Hahn told a BIRN conference that media freedom in the Balkans has become a major concern that must be addressed urgently

Media in South East Europe: poor journalists

15/06/2015

A Regional report on the Employment Conditions of Journalists in SEE countries highlights the poor conditions of those working in the media sector

Journalists’ Safety, Media Freedom and Pluralism in Times of Conflict

15/06/2015

On the 15th and16th June 2015, OSCE organizes the conference “Journalists' Safety, Media Freedom and Pluralism in Times of Conflict”

The PEC award 2015 honors the fallen journalists in Ukraine

05/06/2015

The PEC AWARD 2015 sponsored by the City of Geneva honors this year the fallen journalists in Ukraine and the plight of freedom of the press there

OSCE Representative lauds UN Security Council Resolution on protection of journalists

28/05/2015

The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović welcomed the UN Security Council’s passing today of Resolution 2222 on the protection of journalists

OCCRP Reporter Detained in Moscow, Banned from Russia until 2020

27/05/2015

OCCRP journalist Stevan Dojčinović has been detained for 20 hours in a Moscow airport without explanation, deported, and banned from entering Russia until 2020

The invisible hand of self-censorship in Serbia

26/05/2015

Today a round-table on media freedom in Serbia discussed at the European Parliament the dramatically worsening media crisis in Serbia

CEI SEEMO Award for Outstanding Merits in Investigative Journalism: Call 2015 launched

25/05/2015

The Central European Initiative (CEI) and the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), in special partnership with the Media Program South East Europe of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), have opened the Call for Applications 2015 of the CEI SEEMO Award for Outstanding Merits in Investigative Journalism

EU Rapporteur concerned over freedoms in Turkey

21/05/2015

European parliament’s rapporteur for Turkey Kati Piri worried about 'independence of judiciary, freedom of expression and the freedom of press' in the country

The Dataharvest/EIJC 2015 in a Nutshell

20/05/2015

From the 8th until the 10th of May, the European capital of Brussels was transformed into an international meeting point for data coders and journalists, investigative or otherwise. The reason: the Dataharvest European Investigative Journalism Conference 2015.