Media

Amidst growing pressure on journalism and the freedom of the media in Turkey, a group of journalists has come together to launch a new initiative, named “I am a journalist”

Media Observatory explores the entry and impact of global news media, such as Sputnik and N1, in the Serbian media market

Legislative changes introduced by the anti-terrorism bill approved by the Russian Duma on 24 June will bring severe restrictions on freedom of expression, freedom of thought and the right to privacy

Six press freedom organisations led a three-day mission to Croatia, calling the country’s political leaders to guarantee the independence of the public broadcaster HRT

Can Dündar, journalist and chief editor of Turkish newspaper Cuhmuriyet, was sentenced to five years in prison for revelation of state secret. An interview

BHRT, the Bosnian national television, postponed the suspension of broadcasts expected since June 30^th, but financial difficulties are yet to be solved

Şebnem Korur Fincancı and Erol Önderoğlu have been released

According to the data recently released by the European Commission, the EU member states in Southeastern Europe are among the least digital in the continent

Three arrested editors-in-chief, Erol Önderoğlu, Şebnem Korur Fincancı, and Ahmet Nesin have sent a message from prison

OSCE Representative appalled by imprisonment of two journalists and a human rights activist in Turkey, urges their release

TİHV President Fincancı, RSF Turkey Representative and bianet rapporteur Önderoğlu and journalist author Nesin have been arrested on charge of "terror propaganda" for joining Özgür Gündem daily's Editor-in-Chief on Watch campaign

A conference held on the 3rd of June in Dublin questioned the concept of media diversity and ownership in both online and traditional print media

From Friday 3 to Sunday 5 June, in Mechelen, the most relevant event on data Journalism in Europe. Several sessions on freedom of expression are co-promoted by ECPMF

The second EU Investigate Journalism Awards in the Western Balkans and Turkey have been announced in Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Turkey

How to report on migration? How to respect the rights of asylum seekers, refugees, and minorities? The case of Greece and the proposal of the "Charter of Idomeni"

Thousands of citizens protested in Novi Sad for the dismissal of some managing editors of Radio Television Vojvodina, one of the last media that resisted government control

The media sector in Macedonia is increasingly becoming a battlefield in the struggle between government and the opposition

Investigative website Bivol.bg was stripped of the most prestigious Bulgarian investigative journalism prize awarded by the Radostina Konstantinova Foundation after its managing board decided to overrule the choice of the jury

Once the bastion of the left-wing press, Novi List this last year made an abrupt turnabout in its editorial orientation, with the dismissal and downgrading of its most well-known columnists

After the publication of a preliminary list of journalists who had been in Donbass, two new lists have appeared online

The EU Award for Investigative Journalism has been granted so far in Albania, Kosovo, Montenegro and Serbia, acknowledging investigations on corruption and social exclusion

The European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) is proud to announce its first competition for young writers

The recent attack against Petar Panjkota, reporter with RTL Croatia television, in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, is unacceptable and must be fully investigated, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović said yesterday

The European Federation of Journalists is strongly supporting the initiative of its affiliate in Greece the Journalists’ Union of Macedonia and Thrace Daily Newspapers who drafted a proposal for the adoption of the Anti-racism Ethics Code

Political interference and lack of adequate financial resources keep haunting independent journalism in Kosovo

Following a five day mission in Zagreb, the Human Rights Commissioner of the Council of Europe, Nils Muižnieks, provides an account on the situation of media freedom in the country. Interview

Since April 13, tens of thousands of people go out on the street in Macedonia to protest against the political regime with a colourful, peaceful fight

In the post Maidan Ukraine, there is growing ambition amongst students of journalism and journalists to make information more independent. Report

ECPMF action on 14 April calls Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban to investigate press freedom violations and defend journalists’ right to cover the refugee crisis

In the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, words play a crucial role. Security and confidence building initiatives should include the foundation of a brand new glossary