The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), last Friday announced its participation in the “Safety Net for European Journalists”, a project creating “A Transnational Support Network for Media Freedom in Italy and Southeast Europe” together with the Rovereto, Italy-based Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso (OBC), part of the Fondazione Opera Campana dei Caduti; the Rome-based Ossigeno per L’Informazione; and Dr. Eugenia Siapera of Dublin City University
The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) launched on April 4th a global online campaign, "30 Days for Freedom", to highlight the plight of imprisoned journalists across the world
Serbian journalist Radislava Dada Vujasinovic, freelancer and contributor to the Belgrade magazine Duga, was murdered 20 years ago, on 8 April 1994. Till today no one was arrested
While technological progress and innovative business models have expanded opportunities for freedom of expression, they have also allowed for new threats to emerge in the form of Internet censorship, filtering, blocking, and surveillance, the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) warned on March 25th
The car of Bulgarian journalist Genka Shikerova, the co-host of the morning talk show on Sofia-based privately owned national bTV television channel, was set on fire on April 2nd. This was a déjà vu for the journalist, whose previous vehicle was also set alight in an identical incident less than seven months ago.
MediaPedia.mk is a new web database developed by Macedonian investigative journalists with the aim of tracing the hidden patterns of media ownership structures
The Turkish authorities' move on March 20th to cut citizens' access to Twitter sparked a wave of criticism from international organisations, rights groups and media watchdogs. Viewing the measure as a further setback for freedom of expression in the country, they urged Ankara to lift the ban immediately
Every year, the European Press Prize salutes and encourages the highest achievements in European journalism. Two journalists from the Balkans among the winners of 2013 edition
