ECPMF news

Nils Muižnieks : too many threats to journalists in Europe

02/07/2015

The Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe sent a letter to the president of Ossigeno per l'Informazione on the occasion of today's conference “Protect who reports inconvenient truths”, taking place in Rome

ECPMF, founding Assembly

Representatives of 20 journalists associations, publishing houses, academic institutions, trade unions and media rights experts from many European countries have founded on the 24th of June the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF). The photos of the founding Assembly

The EFJ welcomes the Croatian Center for the Protection of Freedom of Expression

29/06/2015

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) welcomes the launch of the Croatian Center for the Protection of Freedom of Expression. The Croatian Journalists’ Association (HND), in cooperation with the Union of Croatian Journalists (SNH), both members of the EFJ, will present this project in Zagreb, on 2 July. The Center will provide legal protection to journalists, in a context of increasingly frequent threats and intimidation

#ElectricYerevan: journalists targeted

29/06/2015 -  Simone Zoppellaro Yerevan

A rally in the Armenian capital against yet another electricity price increase triggers the police. Beatings, insults, and even violence against journalists

Croatia: purges in the newsrooms

01/07/2015 -  Drago Hedl Osijek

On the eve of a probable victory of the centre-right in the general election to be held in late 2015, the Association of Croatian journalists sounded the alarm on the purges taking place in newsrooms

European Centre for Press and Media Freedom founded in Leipzig

25/06/2015

Representatives of 20 journalists associations, publishing houses, academic institutions, trade unions and media rights experts from many European countries have founded the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) in Leipzig today. Based in Leipzig a team of six starts working after the Centre has now been established as an independent non-profit European Co-operative Society (SCE)

Armenia: safety of journalists must be ensured at all times

23/06/2015

OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today said journalists’ safety must be ensured at all times, following recent incidents and coercive actions by police against journalists covering public protest in Yerevan, Armenia

Progress on human rights protection remains slow in Bulgaria

23/06/2015

“Bulgaria has made some progress in strengthening human rights protection, but this remains slow and fragile, in particular as regard the rights of persons placed in institutions, the human rights of migrants and media freedom,” said today Nils Muižnieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, while releasing a report on his visit to Bulgaria carried out from 9 to 11 February 2015

Greece, ERT closing? A shock

29/06/2015 -  Francesco De Palo

The closing of the Greek public television was a reckless act against democracy. An interview with Greek journalist Dimitri Deliolanes

Serbia, public media towards privatisation

24/06/2015 -  Dragan Janjić Belgrado

By July 1st, the 74 Serbian media still owned by the state or local governments will have to be privatised, but some say the deadline could slip to October