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Media freedom in Hungary is no more

In an unprecedented concerted action pro-Orbán media owners 'donated' their news channels, internet news portals, tabloid and sports newspapers, several radio stations, numerous magazines and all...

New report details state of media freedom in Europe

Index on Censorship has released a new report detailing the state of media freedom in 35 European countries in the past four years. Threats...

Macedonia: Political developments put media reform on the backburner

Recent political developments have affected the implementation of the reforms in the area of freedom of expression in Macedonia. The focus of government institutions...

Bosnian Journalist Brutally Attacked in Banja Luka

Vladimir Kovacevic, a journalist at BN TV, one of the main media in Bosnia's Serb-dominated entity, Republika Srpska, was attacked on Sunday in front...

Serbia: Journalist associations express strong concern over media strategy

Six journalists’ and media organizations made demands to the Serbian government on 16 August 2018 as a condition for their involvement in drawing up a...

Serbian Tax Authorities ‘Trying to Close News Website’

NIS, 10.08.2018. – News website Juzne vesti, one of the few media outlets in southern Serbia known for critical reporting, claimed that the Tax Administration...

OPEN LETTER – Media freedom in Hungary and the case of Hir TV

To Frans Timmermans, First Vice-President, European Commission Mariya Gabriel, Commissioner, European Commission Tibor Navracsics, Commissioner, European Commission Antonio Tajani, President, European Parliament The undersigned media freedom organisations are writing...

Share the “World of Tayyips” and tell Turkey that satire is not a crime

Satirical cartoons of political leaders are widely understood as a crucial form of social commentary around the world. In Turkey, however, they're yet another...

EU expresses openly its concern about the situation of the independent media in Moldova

Members of the European Parliament, but also the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, expressed their...

Journalism in Serbia? “Funny as an autopsy”

The worrying state of the Serbian media in an interview with Slaviša Lekić, president of the Association of Independent Journalists of Serbia (NUNS). by  Matteo Trevisan,...
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