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Dodik’s Proposed Laws: Whoever Says a Word Goes to Jail

The proposed legal provisions would further threaten freedom of expression in Republika Srpska (Bosnia and Herzegovina). Milorad Dodik,...

Report: Albanian media vs. Council of Europe standards

Albanian Media Institute launched the report “Albanian media scene vs. European Standards” on April 24 in Tirana. The report, supported financially by the Embassy...

Defamation and Insult Laws in the OSCE Region: A Comparative Study

This study examines the existence of criminal defamation and insult laws in the territory of the 57 participating States of the Organization for Security...

Hungarian civil defamation laws threaten political journalism

Court practice in cases involving third-party information seen as obstacle to political reporting. Hungarian courts' doctrine of objective liability for media outlets quoting third parties...

Montenegro: A need for a meaningful debate

by Goran Đurović, 4 October 2016 Goran Đurović reflects on the rejected proposals to amend the media laws and calls for a wide debate over...

Albania: Journalists’ Associations Oppose Provisions Affecting Media in Draft Laws

Two articles from draft laws of the ongoing judiciary reform sparked the concern and a joint statement from four Albanian media associations. The Union...

Moldova: Draft new Broadcasting Code to be presented to the Plenum of the Parliament

The parliamentary commission for mass media examined on Wednesday, June 29, the report on the draft new Broadcasting Code, which is to be presented...
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JournalismAI Festival 2024: Intersection of journalism and artificial intelligence

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South Eastern European Dialogue on Internet Governance to be held in Belgrade

Ninth edition of the South Eastern European Dialogue on Internet Governance - SEEDIG's flagship event will be held on 25-26 November in...