In the frame of the annual Conference of the Italian Standing Group on International Relations, OBC will chair the panel "Transnational civilian intervention in conflict areas: from global civil society to jihadism". People interested in presenting a paper at the 2015 SGRI Conference are invited to send a short abstract to sgri@fbk.eu by May 15, 2015
In the Regent's Report 2014 Nils Muižnieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, highlights Eight Steps necessary to preserve press freedom
The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), a network of editors, media executives and leading journalists from South East and Central Europe, is expressing its deep concern regarding the case of the Macedonian journalist Tomislav Kezarovski.
Vehbi Kajtazi, an investigative journalist with the Kosovan newspaper Koha Ditore, says he was directly threatened by members of the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (Eulex) over his reports that senior mission officials were suspected of corruption
The International Press Institute (IPI) released three documents in mid-July as it started work on a project on defamation laws and press freedom in Europe aimed at raising public awareness about the need of legal reform in this area, as well as at ensuring that European journalists are able to defend their rights more effectively.
Local reports said that a man entered the newsroom of the headquarters of private broadcaster Klan Kosova in Pristina and repeatedly stabbed Hasimja in the head and neck as the journalist sat at his desk.
The SEEMF it's an international annual meeting that gathers european journalists and media workers. At the 2014 edition, Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso will present the interim results of its research and the activities carried out in the framework of the "Safety Net for European Journalists" project
There is a need to reform EU defamation law, as well as to strengthen judicial awareness of principles of free expression and to educate and train journalists on their rights and editorial standards, according to the International Press Institute (IPI)
The VIII South East Europe Media Forum (SEEMF) will be held in Skopje on 16-18 October 2014. The discussions will include the right to access information, data journalism, privacy and the protection of journalists’ sources, self-regulation and standards of quality reporting
