ECPMF news

Refugees and Migrants, the inconvenient truths

03/10/2016

The European Federation of Journalists organised in Brussels, on 4th October 2016, the roundtable 'Refugees and Migrants, the inconvenient truths – Journalism against bias and stereotypes'

Greek editor sentenced for criticising school director’s extremist views

03/10/2016 -  Lambrini Papadopoulou Athens

Three months in jail or a fee of 1,603 €: the punishment for a Greek journalist exposing the extremist positions of a school headmaster discourages other journalists from writing freely

EBU concerned about threat to HRT and public service media in Croatia

29/09/2016

The EBU is deeply concerned about the threat to HRT in Croatia by plans to make a reduction of the licence fee part of the negotiations to form a new government

Online journalist flees Russia following threats

27/09/2016

The independent online journalist Aleksandr Sotnik yesterday announced that he had fled Russia following threats connected to his critical reporting on Kremlin policies

Macedonian journalist Zoran Bozinovski must be released

26/09/2016

The European Federation of Journalists has called for the immediate release of detained Macedonian freelance journalist Zoran Bozinovski which is on day 9 of hunger strike

ECPMF sent a letter of concern to the President of Ukraine

23/09/2016

The European Centre for Press and Media Freedom, in a letter to President Petro Poroshenko, expresses concern about the safety of journalists in Ukraine

Turkey: solidarity with a newspaper is not a crime

22/09/2016

On Spetember 20th, the first hearing was held at Istanbul court of justice against 4 journalists prosecuted for participating in a solidarity campaign with the newspaper Özgür Gündem

OSCE condemns setting reporter’s car on fire in Cyprus

22/09/2016

The car of the crime reporter from the media Reporter Online, Dina Kleanthous, was set on fire on Monday night. OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media condemned the attack

Death threats against Serbian journalists must be investigated

20/09/2016

The European Federation of Journalists strongly condemn the brutal death threats against Nedim Sejdinović, President of Independent Association of Vojvodina Journalists (NDNV) and Dinko Gruhonjić, NDNV Program director

Greece: auction for TV licenses threatens media pluralism

19/09/2016

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) backs its Greek affiliate, to denounce the closure of four out of the eight private TV channels, leading to thousands of job losses