Media

OSCE condemns attack against journalist reporting on migrants in Macedonia

29/07/2015

OSCE Representative for Freedom of the Media condemns the attack on journalist Cornelia Krebs, who was reporting on border migration issues in Macedonia

HRW: Media Freedom Under Attack in the Western Balkans

28/07/2015

The Human Rights Watch report documents the hostile environment in which journalists work in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro and Serbia

Journalist Dismissed from Milliyet Daily Newspaper for his criticism on Suruç Explosion

24/07/2015

Milliyet Daily Newspaper dismissed journalist Kadri Gürsel who was allegedly accusing President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Suruç Explosion.

Protecting journalists. Government progress at the Rome Conference

23/07/2015

It is necessary to help journalists resist to the low-intensity war they fight everyday. A report from the Ossigeno conference held in Rome on the 2nd of July.

Journalists under threat, the Geybullayeva case

22/07/2015 -  Arzu Geybullayeva

For expressing criticism against the Azerbaijan government and collaborating with Armenian newspapers and NGOs, our correspondent Arzu Geybullayeva has been repeatedly threatened and labeled as “traitor”

Serbia: the beginning and end of Radio B92

27/07/2015 -  Antonela Riha Belgrade

On July 9th, the owners of B92, Belgrade's historic radio and bastion of resistance to Milošević's power in the nineties, introduced drastic changes, ultimately turning off a myth of the Serbian media

European journalists and cartoonists stand up for media freedom in Berlin

10/07/2015

Together, they will create an educational online platform to support young media makers and a comic book about press freedom in their countries

OSCE Representative welcomes new draft for journalists’ ethics code in Montenegro, addresses issues of journalists’ safety and impunity

07/07/2015

Speaking at the end of her two-day visit to Montenegro, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović welcomed the new draft Code of Ethics for Montenegrin journalists

Nils Muižnieks : too many threats to journalists in Europe

02/07/2015

The Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe sent a letter to the president of Ossigeno per l'Informazione on the occasion of today's conference “Protect who reports inconvenient truths”, taking place in Rome

ECPMF, founding Assembly

Representatives of 20 journalists associations, publishing houses, academic institutions, trade unions and media rights experts from many European countries have founded on the 24th of June the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF). The photos of the founding Assembly

The EFJ welcomes the Croatian Center for the Protection of Freedom of Expression

29/06/2015

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) welcomes the launch of the Croatian Center for the Protection of Freedom of Expression. The Croatian Journalists’ Association (HND), in cooperation with the Union of Croatian Journalists (SNH), both members of the EFJ, will present this project in Zagreb, on 2 July. The Center will provide legal protection to journalists, in a context of increasingly frequent threats and intimidation

#ElectricYerevan: journalists targeted

29/06/2015 -  Simone Zoppellaro Yerevan

A rally in the Armenian capital against yet another electricity price increase triggers the police. Beatings, insults, and even violence against journalists

Croatia: purges in the newsrooms

01/07/2015 -  Drago Hedl Osijek

On the eve of a probable victory of the centre-right in the general election to be held in late 2015, the Association of Croatian journalists sounded the alarm on the purges taking place in newsrooms

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

Greece, ERT closing? A shock

29/06/2015 -  Francesco De Palo

The closing of the Greek public television was a reckless act against democracy. An interview with Greek journalist Dimitri Deliolanes

Serbia, public media towards privatisation

24/06/2015 -  Dragan Janjić Belgrado

By July 1st, the 74 Serbian media still owned by the state or local governments will have to be privatised, but some say the deadline could slip to October

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

Sport Cannot Ignore Human Rights

04/06/2015 -  Michel ForstDunja MijatovićNils Muižnieks Geneva, Vienna, Strasbourg

Human rights officials highlight the crackdown on freedom of expression in Azerbaijan ahead of the inauguration of the European Games in Baku

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

OCCRP Reporter Detained in Moscow, Banned from Russia until 2020

27/05/2015

OCCRP journalist Stevan Dojčinović has been detained for 20 hours in a Moscow airport without explanation, deported, and banned from entering Russia until 2020

The invisible hand of self-censorship in Serbia

26/05/2015

Today a round-table on media freedom in Serbia discussed at the European Parliament the dramatically worsening media crisis in Serbia

CEI SEEMO Award for Outstanding Merits in Investigative Journalism: Call 2015 launched

25/05/2015

The Central European Initiative (CEI) and the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), in special partnership with the Media Program South East Europe of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), have opened the Call for Applications 2015 of the CEI SEEMO Award for Outstanding Merits in Investigative Journalism

EU Rapporteur concerned over freedoms in Turkey

21/05/2015

European parliament’s rapporteur for Turkey Kati Piri worried about 'independence of judiciary, freedom of expression and the freedom of press' in the country