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Bulgarian journalist's car set on fire… again

02/04/2014

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.

Macedonian investigative journalists develop a database on media ownership

27/03/2014

MediaPedia.mk is a new web database developed by Macedonian investigative journalists with the aim of tracing the hidden patterns of media ownership structures

Challenging the Twitter access ban in Turkey

26/03/2014

There are no legal grounds for the blocking of open online dialogue. The official Twitter position on banning access to its platform in Turkey

International watchdogs slam Turkey's Twitter closure move

25/03/2014

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

Balkan journalists among European Press Prize 2013 winners

19/03/2014

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

SEEMO decries pressure on media in Croatia

17/03/2014

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), said on the twelfth of March that it was worried about a number of recent incidents of pressure on journalists and media in Croatia

RWB: the Enemies of the Internet 2014

17/03/2014

Entities at the heart of censorship and surveillance in a dossier published by Reporter Without Borders on World Day Against Cyber-Censorship (12 March)

Media freedom watchdogs slams list of "unsuitable" journalists and NGOs in Bosnia Erzegovina

17/03/2014

Republika Srpska main party, SNDS, has published a list of "unsuitable" media. The local and international reactions

Ossigeno to Muižnieks: the emergence of threatened journalists

14/03/2014

Note of Alberto Spampinato, director of Ossigeno per l’Informazione for Mr Nils Muiznieks, Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights

Croatia: journalists under pressure

12/03/2014

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), said today that it was worried about a number of recent incidents of pressure on journalists and media in Croatia