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Commissioner Kroes initiates public debate on media freedom

Brussels -The European Commission seeks online public debate on media freedom. Freedom of expression and media pluralism are core values of the European Union and...

South East Europe needs new vision of media, states the SEENPM report on press freedom

Budapest, Tirana – The contemporary picture of media in many Balkan countries – some of them now EU members – is one of a...

New UK press regulator could pose a threat to freedom of expression

Vienna – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, expressed concern today about an agreement to establish an agency to regulate...

OSCE Representative on Freedom reappointed

Vienna - The 57 OSCE participating States unanimously agreed on 7 March 2013 to reappoint the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja...

SEENPM campaigns for media freedom and pluralism in three European countries

Budapest - Four civil society organization including SEENPM launched a joint campaign for media freedom. The Hungarian initiative is part of the pan-European signature...

EP president signs the European Citizens’ Initiative for Media Pluralism

Strasbourg - Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament  signed online the European Citizens’ Initiative for Media Pluralism. Remembering  the role of the European Parliament in...

Free speech advocates raise concerns about the agreement between the Council of Europe and the Hungarian government

Budapest – The recent agreement between the Council of Europe and the Hungarian government only affects a limited problematic area of the media regulation...

EC and UNESCO renew engagement in promoting media accountability in South East Europe

Paris - UNESCO and the European Commission have signed an agreement to continue working together to improve media accountability in South East Europe. The...

Kroes’ thoughts on Hungary and media pluralism

By Neelie Kroes - Brussels Throughout 2012, my staff and I have been paying close attention to the state of media pluralism and media freedom...

Regional Media Forum Tackles Social Networks in Montenegro

Vienna -  The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), the Central European Initiative (CEI), Trieste, Italy, and Media Program South East Europe of...
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We, the SEENPM member organisations in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia, express deep concern over last week’s Alpac Capital’s...

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