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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...

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...

Serbia: Administrative harassment against Juzne Vesti news portal

Series of administrative intimidation acts have been taken by the local authorities against Serbian news portal Juzne Vesti, with an increasing pressure in the last six months....

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...

Are Serbia’s tax inspections being used as a tool to curb the press?

by Lazara Marinković  It’s been six months since Južne Vesti, the most popular news website in southern Serbia, was subject to severe and inexplicably long tax...
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