Media developments

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…

Media developments, Slovakia 18/02/2019

Slovakia: Concern about political meddling in year-old Kuciak murder investigation

Despite undeniable progress in the investigation into the double murder of Slovak journalist Ján Kuciak and his partner Martina Kušnírová a year ago, there is…

Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Featured Publications, Kosovo*, Media developments, Serbia, Turkey 07/02/2019

Background Documents and Position Papers on Media and Information Literacy Policies and Strategies in SEE and Turkey

This package features documents that depict the current policy infrastructure relating to media and information literacy in formal, non-formal and informal education in Albania, Serbia,…

Croatia, Media developments 07/02/2019

Croatia, a thousand lawsuits against journalists

There are over a thousand ongoing trials against journalists or Croatian media, and the list is not complete. The complaint of the Association of Croatian…

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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.