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B&H: A decade of failures – Public broadcasting service owes millions

by Aldin Arnautović, 2/9/2016 In the last eight years, BHRT incurred 19 million KM in debts, while less than 10% of the 2015 budget was...

Bosnia: Open letter expresses support for journalists targeted with threats

By Ilcho Cvetanoski / 22 August 2016 University professors, poets and artists signed an open letter in support of three media workers who were targeted with death...

Free Voices: Bosnian students learn about freedom of expression

Free Voices: Promoting Freedom of Expression in Bosnia & Herzegovina is a new educational project that Mediacentar Sarajevo, a SEENPM member organization, is implementing in...

CEE Siemens Press Award 2016 (apply by 12 September 2016)

Siemens is organizing a regional journalist competition – Siemens CEE Press Award 2016, which will be held in ten countries of Central and Eastern...

Western Balkans Public Media on Life Support

By Davor Marko Public service broadcasters in the Western Balkans have become increasingly unaccountable to their audiences and tone deaf to their needs. At stake...

Dangers of Neoliberalism for Public Services

by Valentina Delić Public media services both in Western Europe and in poorer parts of the continent are being re-examined with their position and role. Bosnia...

The Future of Public Service Broadcasting in the Western Balkans: The Need for a New paradigm

by Davor Marko, Analitika - Center for Social Research Public Service Broadcasters (PSB) in the countries of the Western Balkans – Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina,...

Mapping Media Freedom report: journalists increasingly attacked in Europe

Violence against journalists in Europe increased in the second quarter of 2016, reports submitted to Index on Censorship’s Mapping Media Freedom platform show, as...

B&H: Public Broadcasters Must Radically Reexamine the Purpose of Their Existence

by Davor Marko, 8 August 2016 When the survival and future of a country’s public broadcaster come down to political calculations, with very minor contribution...

OSCE Rep. condemns incidents directed at journalists and independent voices in Bosnia and Herzegovina

VIENNA, 29 July 2016 – Continuing intimidation and violence against journalists and independent voices is unacceptable and could further weaken media freedom and freedom...

Failure to Reform Bosnia TV Dismays Workers

Workers at Bosnia's state TV, BHRT, have reacted angrily after parliament failed to reform the public service network's crumbling finances on Tuesday. by Rodolfo Toe, BIRN, Sarajevo Workers...

B&H: Public Broadcaster’s Existence Must Not Be Questioned

The complex problems that plague BHRT are a result of many years of bad policies and influences on the public service, according to BiH...
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