Media developments

Media developments, Serbia 29/05/2019

Serbia: Media Regulator’s Wrongdoings Exposed

Serbian Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media (REM) exerts influence on the media by espousing some and thus creates inequality in the media market, largely sheltered…

Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, MCCM, Media developments, Member news, Montenegro, SEENPM Publications, Serbia, Slovenia 28/04/2019

The Western Balkans’ Sketchy Media Literacy Landscapes

Major research by SEENPM member organisations finds that countries of the region lack comprehensive policies and institutional framework for developing MIL in a systematic way…

Croatia, Hungary, Media developments, Slovenia 28/04/2019

Hungary and Croatia Try to Silence Slovenian Media

Government connections in two of Slovenia’s neighbours try to influence media reports in the country, but Slovenia reacts strongly, showing a more progressive approach to…

Media developments 11/04/2019

CPJ troubled by prosecution of Julian Assange

New York, April 11, 2019–The Committee to Protect Journalists today said it was deeply concerned by the U.S. prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Authorities…

Media developments, Serbia 05/04/2019

Belgrade court sentences journalist’s killers 20 years after murder

A Belgrade court on Friday sentenced four former secret police officers to prison for the 1999 murder of journalist and newspaper publisher Slavko Curuvija but…

Media developments, Serbia 30/03/2019

Serbia: IFJ/EFJ condemn targeted campaign against N1 television

N1, a cable, regional news channel operating in Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, is facing a targeted campaign of pressures and threats by state officials. The…

Media developments, Serbia, Uncategorized 27/03/2019

Serbian tax authority targets independent local outlets, but not those linked with government

Tax inspections are being used to put pressure on independent local media outlets, an investigation by the Center for Investigative Journalism of Serbia (CINS) has…

Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Macedonia, Media developments, Montenegro, Serbia 19/03/2019

Media Under Pressure Across Balkans, State Department Warns

The State Department’s annual human rights report says political and oligarchical pressures, as well as lawsuits, remain a constant threat to media freedom in the…

Media developments 19/03/2019

Global media back call for UN to adopt convention on safety of journalists

Geneva, 19 March 2019 – Representatives from governments in every continent today joined the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), journalists unions, editors groups, public broadcasters and media organisations in…

Hungary, Media developments, Poland, Serbia 26/02/2019

Doing their masters’ bidding: Media smear campaigns in central and eastern Europe

Unpatriotic behaviour. Sedition. Being in the pay of shadowy external forces. Faking a neo-Nazi event. These are just a few of the charges that have…

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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.