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Roundtable on media freedom in Europe

Considered a fundamental right in democratic countries, freedom of expression, including freedom of the media, continues to be questioned and compromised throughout the world....

Excessive Penal Code threatens media freedom in Hungary

Belgrade – Increased prison sentences for defamatory video or sound recordings are another potential threat to freedom of expression and freedom of the media...

Bosnia and Herzegovina: draft law threaten independence of regulator

Vienna – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today said the new draft electronic communications law in Bosnia and Herzegovina is...

Macedonian Journalist Kezarovski gets Draconian prison sentence

Skopje - The South East European Network for Professionalization of Media endorses the following statement by the Initiative Board for the release of journalist Tomislav...

Concerns about media freedom in Republika Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina

Vienna - OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed concern about a damage award handed down against a journalist for defaming...

Internet must remain a forum for free speech, states OSCE conference in Tirana

Tirana – Media freedom in the South East European region is deteriorating, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today told journalists...

SEENPM demands the immediate release of Macedonian journalist Kezarovski

The South East European Network for Professionalization of Media (SEENPM) is deeply concerned about the health conditions of Macedonian journalist Tomislav Kezarovski who began...

OSCE calls on governments to ensure journalists’ safety

San José, Costa Rica – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today called upon all 57 OSCE participating States to...

Blog post by Peter Bajomi-Lazar – What’s wrong with NGO’s media policy proposals?

By Péter Bajomi-Lázár Since the political transformations of 1989–1991, media freedom has been repeatedly flawed in many of the former communist countries of Central and...

Blog post by Ioana Avadani – Who cares about media pluralism?

By Ioana Avadani On May 3rd we celebrate the World Press Freedom Day and, year after year, we tried, here in Romania, to be creative...
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A new study maps platform power, regulation, and how news media depend on platforms for reach and visibility in Southeast Europe

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