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Blog post by Borbala Toth – Online posts under attack

By Borbala Toth What can have greater chilling effect on freedom of expression, than the unclear content regulation stipulations – just to mention one of the...

Media Fan Flames of Hatred in Balkan Journalism Crisis

By Aidan White More than twenty years after revolutions in the south-eastern fringes of Europe opened up a new era of democratic pluralism with promises of...

Council of Europe foreign ministers call for libel reform

Brussels, 14 August 2012 -- Trickling back from the summer recess, European press freedom advocates and media lawyers are taking stock of facts and statements...

Never-ending decline of the country’s media, says RSF

25 June 2012 - A year after the shockwaves from the closure of the opposition TV station A1 and several leading national dailies, Reporters...

Media Law Academy Makes Recommendations for Public Service Outlets

Zagreb, 8 June 2012 – The first Academy on Media Law in South East Europe wrapped up its work in Zagreb, Croatia, today, with...

President rejects bill that criminalises libel

May 16, 2012 -- Following a public outcry, Kosovo's President last week rejected a proposed law that would have criminalised libel and allowed journalists...

Journalist charged with slander despite defamation reforms

Vienna, March 31, 2012 - In January 2012, Albania's prime minister, Sali Berisha, declared that his administration would decriminalise slander and on Feb. 17...

IPI releases report on press freedom mission in Montenegro

VIENNA, Feb 29, 2012 - The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), a subsidiary of the International Press Institute (IPI), yesterday released a...

SEEMO Welcomes Planned Decriminalisation of Defamation and Libel in Serbia

Vienna, 25 July 2011-The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), welcomes the 19 July 2011...

OSCE Welcomes Montenegro’s Decriminalization of Speech Offences

Podgorica/Vienna, 11 July 2011 – The OSCE Mission to Montenegro and the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, today commended Montenegro...
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