Media developments

Hungary, Media developments 03/12/2019

Hungary Dismantles Media Freedom and Pluralism: Conclusions of the joint international press freedom mission

These conclusions reflect the initial findings of the joint mission to Hungary carried out by the International Press Institute (IPI), Article 19, the Committee to…

Media developments, Serbia 29/11/2019

Serbian Magazine Scraps Cover That ‘Targeted’ President

The well-known Serbian weekly 'NIN' has succumbed to pressure to remove a cover shot of the President at an arms fair – which critics claimed…

Media developments, Serbia 29/11/2019

Serbia: Journalist Targeted by Smear Campaign after Interviewing President Vučić

The Council of Europe Platform to promote the protection of journalism and safety of journalists yesterday listed the case of journalist Miodrag Sovilj of TV N1 who…

Media developments, Serbia 20/11/2019

Independent Serbian TV channel subjected to smear campaigns, intimidation

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Serbian government to stop supporting and instead publicly condemn attempts to intimidate N1, Serbia’s only major independent TV…

Featured Publications, Media developments 04/11/2019

Global impunity in journalist murders continues unabated

Impunity in the cases of murdered journalists remains firmly entrenched in over a dozen countries, including those mired in conflict and democracies alike, the recently…

Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Macedonia, Media developments, Montenegro, Serbia 04/11/2019

Balkans: the tired Media Days

Three years after its first edition, the impression that emerges from the Media Days – an event promoted by the EU Commission in the Balkans…

Media developments 28/09/2019

IDUAI: 30 countries closed media and blocked internet access so far in 2019

On the International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI), 28 September, the IFJ has condemned the fact that more than 30 countries have been…

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Featured Publications, Media developments 23/08/2019

Bosnia’s Professional Liars

The fake news phenomenon hasn’t spared the Balkans. In Bosnia & Herzegovina, it fuels a lucrative industry. Many people have a somewhat morbid habit to…

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Media developments 23/08/2019

Women journalists and online harassment: the resistance in Bosnia

A daily occurrence in Balkan newsrooms and a risk factor for press freedom according to international bodies, online harassment against women in the media is…

Bulgaria, Media developments 21/08/2019

Bulgaria: let the press report freely, say IFJ/EFJ ahead of Prosecutor’s election

Bulgaria will appoint a new Prosecutor General this autumn and a series of statements made by public officials against the press have raised journalists' concerns about the process. The International…

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* - References to Kosovo are without prejudice to positions on status. They are in line with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244/99 and the opinion by the International Court of Justice on the Kosovo declaration of independence.