Media developments

Media developments 05/12/2014

UN Sustainable Development Goals 2015 Should Include Freedom of Expression

Press freedom, access to information and freedom of expression are essential “enablers of sustainable development”, writes the “synthesis” report on the UN’s post-2015 development agenda, presented…

Media developments, Turkey 23/10/2014

Media in SEE marred by ownership concentration, lack of solidarity and fear of job loss

From: “Press office – Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso” <press@balcanicaucaso.org> Date: 22 October 2014, 18:46:53 GMT+3 Monopolies, non-transparent means of finance, weak unions, no possibility of…

Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Media developments, Serbia 22/10/2014

Hackers’ attacks are a danger to media freedom

Over the last days, Internet servers of media outlets in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania and Serbia were hacked. Their content was no longer availabe or…

Media developments, SEENPM News 17/10/2014

SEENPM is present at the regional Media Forum

It’s a full house at the South East European Media Forum in Skopje, Macedonia. The theme of this year’s SEEMF is “Media in South East…

Media developments 26/11/2013

November 2: International Day to End Impunity

New York – Just days following the culmination of this year’s International Day to End Impunity campaign, the Third Committee of the United Nations General…

Media developments 20/11/2013

Hungary: freedom of speech is at stake again

The Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (HCLU, or “TASZ” in Hungarian) has criticized a new law, enacted by the Hungarian Parliament on 5 November, because it…

Media developments 20/11/2013

Research tools for investigative journalists

Marty Steffens, from the University of Missouri, and Paul Radu, from the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project in Romania, presented some of the best…

Media developments 07/11/2013

Roundtable on media freedom in Europe

Considered a fundamental right in democratic countries, freedom of expression, including freedom of the media, continues to be questioned and compromised throughout the world. Experts…

Hungary, Media developments 06/11/2013

Excessive Penal Code threatens media freedom in Hungary

Belgrade – Increased prison sentences for defamatory video or sound recordings are another potential threat to freedom of expression and freedom of the media in…

Media developments 05/11/2013

Transparency: EU countries need to protect whistleblowers

Berlin – Most European Union countries fail to legally protect whistleblowers enough from retaliation in the workplace, shutting out an important actor in the fight against…

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