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Serbia: Powerful Private Media Company “Pink” Supported by State with more than €10 mil

Serbian Export Credit and Insurance Agency (AOFI) granted Pink international company, broadcaster of TV Pink, a new €3.2 million in March 2017, but refuses...

Serbia’s Tanjug News Agency: Legally Non-Existent, Operates Supported by State

Regardless of the unclear grounds for its operation and millions of dinars which the state paid for its closing, institutions and public companies conclude...

Serbia: Hefty State Funding to Pro-government Tabloids

Pro-governmental tabloid papers - Srpski telegraf and Informer - received the total of 23.05 million dinars (approx. 190.000 eur) through open calls for media...

Serbia: Eligible media – Privileged Media

The Center for Investigative Journalism of Serbia (CINS) organized a panel discussion in Belgrade  on the topic of media financing and pressures, i.e. benefits to...

BiH: State Help to the Media – Precise Criteria Necessary

Without monitoring of media financing from public budgets, it is difficult to make conclusions regarding the legitimacy of these procedures and final effects in...

Local media financing in Republic of Srpska

The answer to this question seems rather simple since it contains 64 sub-contracts, which is exactly the number of municipalities and towns in the...

Bulgaria, where the local press “can be bought for cheap”

In Bulgaria, local administrations spend large sums to "finance" the media, thus influencing their editorial line – a concerning situation, especially outside Sofia. by Francesco...

Returning public interest to the relations between public sector and media

"Returning the public interests in the financial relations between the public sector and the media" is a policy paper produced as a part of...
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