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Personnel Cleanup in Transnistrian Media

Some media outlets from the left bank of the Dniester have been reporting about dismissals of local journalists who used to work in the...

Four Broadcasters Dominate Serbian Media, BIRN Shows

New research by BIRN and Reporters Without Borders highlights the extent to which the Serbian media space has become dominated by a handful of...

Serbia: Media freedom worsening as Serbs take to the streets

A few days before the 2 April 2017 Serbian presidential elections, a picture was posted on Twitter that caused an unexpected storm. by Mitra Nazar,...

Montenegro: double standards in regulating media concentration

Although, officially, Montenegro doesn't have any problem with media concentration, two or three owners control most of the media. For some, this is not...

‘Eurobarometer’ on Media Pluralism and Democracy

The Eurobarometer survey no. 452 'Media Pluralism and Democracy' explores citizen’s opinions about the diversity of views available in the media, and their perceptions of...

Turkey loses any independent reporting with post-coup regulations

by Barış Altıntaş, 25/10/2016 Ninety-eight journalists have so far been arrested under Turkey’s State of Emergency declared on July 20, 2016, five days after the...

A Marriage of Convenience – Looking at the New Donor-Journalism Relationship

By Anya Schiffrin The influence that advertisers and owners have on the editorial line has been well documented, but what happens when the funder is...

Bulgaria: Regional media outlets dependent on local governments

By Zoltan Sipos / 15 September 2016 Between 2013 and 2015, 10 Bulgarian municipalities spent a total of 2.7 million Bulgarian lev ($1.54 million) – mainly...

IJC works on freedom of expression in Moldova

Since 2010, Media Legal Defence Initiative (MLDI) has funded the Republic of Moldova’s Independent Journalism Center (IJC), which provides free legal advice to media outlets and journalists,...

Serbia: RTV Vojvodina Journalist Resignes due to Censorship

Because of “censorship” that has been carried out on the Radio-Television of Vojvodina (RTV) for the past three months, RTV journalist Sanja Kljajić, one of...
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Grants for investigative stories covering EU member countries and EU aspiring countries 

The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN) is inviting journalists who are interested in producing in-depth investigations to apply for grants that will...

Summer School for Journalists and Media Practitioners: The Future of the Information Sphere and Journalism Intelligence

Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom from Florence is organising a summer school for journalists and media practitioners, focusing on the...

WARM Festival 2025: Call for projects

WARM Festival 2025, dedicated to war reporting, art, and memory, will take place in Sarajevo from July 7 to 12, 2025. The...

SEENPM Condemns Journalist Arrests in Turkey

SEENPM strongly condemns the jailing of several journalists in Turkey over their coverage of the protests in Istanbul and other Turkish cities...