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Escalation of political crisis in Macedonia hand in hand with deep media crisis

The political crisis plaguing Macedonia for over a year further escalated after President Ivanov decided in early April 2016 to pardon the government officials...

#MediafreedomHungary: Viktor Orban under fire from ECPMF campaign

The European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) launched a Europe-wide campaign to raise visibility for media freedom in Hungary: with letters personally...

Moldova: Cameramen now allowed access to the Parliament’s Meeting Room

The Independent Journalism Center, a SEENPM member organization, lauched the campaign  “We want Access into the Parliament!” in 2014. MPs needed 705 Days to...

Hungary: time to speak up for press freedom

This article is republished from the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) By Jane Whyatt, research by Balazs Nagy Navarro and Ljliljana Smailović   Hungary’s Prime...

Croatia: governmental attacks on Media Freedom

The decision to abolish state subsidies for non-profit media in Croatia was announced by CroatianMinister of Culture, Zlatko Hasanbegović, on the 27th of January 2016. The...

Online Resource Centre on Media Freedom Launched

The ECPMF Online Resource Centre on Media Freedom, officially launched in December 2015, provides easy access to a wide array of ever-growing curated resources related...

SEENPM Voices Concerns Over Press Freedom in Turkey: Open Letter to Turkish President and PM

16 December 2015 Dear President Erdoğan and Prime Minister Davutoğlu,   The undersigned civil society organizations, members of the South East European Network for Professionalization of Media...

The first prison visit: P24 stands with jailed journalists in Turkey

Attorney-at-law Veysel Ok of P24's Legal Unit visited five journalists imprisoned over their news reporting. Cumhuriyet daily's Editor-in-Chief Can Dündar, Ankara Bureau Chief Erdem Gül,...

Eroding Freedoms: Media and Soft Censorship in Montenegro

CIMA is pleased to release Eroding Freedoms: Media and Soft Censorship in Montenegro. CIMA and the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) have been...

UN Sustainable Development Goals 2015 Should Include Freedom of Expression

Press freedom, access to information and freedom of expression are essential “enablers of sustainable development”, writes the “synthesis” report on the UN’s post-2015 development agenda,...
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SEENPM: Alpac Capital takeover of Adria News Network must be closely scrutinised 

We, the SEENPM member organisations in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia, express deep concern over last week’s Alpac Capital’s...

Regional Editors’ Forum Held in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Cross-border reporting is no longer just one of the options in journalism; it is increasingly becoming essential for financial sustainability and investigative...

Who Governs What We See Online?

A new study maps platform power, regulation, and how news media depend on platforms for reach and visibility in Southeast Europe

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Deadlock in Digital Platform Regulation 

Exploring the systemic legislative risks to human rights and the rule of law stemming from digital platforms and digital media regulation in...