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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom founded in Leipzig

25/06/2015

Representatives of 20 journalists associations, publishing houses, academic institutions, trade unions and media rights experts from many European countries have founded the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) in Leipzig today. Based in Leipzig a team of six starts working after the Centre has now been established as an independent non-profit European Co-operative Society (SCE)

Armenia: safety of journalists must be ensured at all times

23/06/2015

OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today said journalists’ safety must be ensured at all times, following recent incidents and coercive actions by police against journalists covering public protest in Yerevan, Armenia

Progress on human rights protection remains slow in Bulgaria

23/06/2015

“Bulgaria has made some progress in strengthening human rights protection, but this remains slow and fragile, in particular as regard the rights of persons placed in institutions, the human rights of migrants and media freedom,” said today Nils Muižnieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, while releasing a report on his visit to Bulgaria carried out from 9 to 11 February 2015

Safety and solidarity for journalists in Ukraine

18/06/2015

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) have launched on the 16th of June a report on the safety of journalists in Ukraine in 2014 during a conflict reporting conference organized by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in Vienna

Efforts needed to safeguard journalists and to tackle propaganda, OSCE conference participants say

16/06/2015

Journalists’ safety is a cornerstone of free media, not least in times of conflict, and must be ensured and strengthened, participants said today at a two-day conference on journalists’ safety and conflict reporting in Vienna. The attendees also stressed the importance of tackling the issue of propaganda, pointing to free and independent journalism as one tool

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