One of the most prominent authors of Koha Ditore, Vehbi Kajtazi has launched with a partner, on February 1st, the online media Insajderi, focusing in particular on investigative journalism. Within a media landscape already overcrowded, this new media aims to distinguish itself through investigations which are hard to find anywhere else.
The Publishers and the editors in chief of the Bulgarian newspapers "Capital" and "Dnevnik" protested after chief prosecutor Sotir Tsatsarov insulted them, saying the two papers are "wish-wash".
A demonstration against censorship is organized today after the art director decided to censor the theatrical play “Nash’s equilibrium”. The play by Pigi Dimitrakopoulou was discontinued after massive negative reactions, for allegedly insulting the memory of the victims of the 17N terrorist group.
Only two days after taking office, the new minister of Culture Zlatko Hasanbegović dismissed the Expert committee for non-profit media within the Ministry of Culture. Apparently, Hasanbegović is not wasting his time when it comes to settling score with “enemies” of his electoral base. Is HRT, public service, next?
Macedonian political parties can not agree on the media sector reform, one of the main points of the Pržino agreement between the government and the opposition. Waiting for the EU mediator Vanhaute, they are accusing each other of wishing to control the media.
Velimir Bujanec, Marko Jurič and other right-wing journalists are defending themselves from charges of hate speech inciting more hate. At the same time, the HDZ is rising the question about election irregularities. Chaos is not unintentional because right-wing media are determined to control the media scene after election, convinced that they were so far “silenced” because of the previous government and not because of theirs radicalism and lack of professionalism.
The new minister of Culture of Croatia, Zlatko Hasanbegović declared that in the last three years the Ministry of Culture employed 30 people through unidentified and unclear criteria. Hasanbegović did not clarify why the criteria adopted for the selection would be unclear, nor did he specify whether or not he intends to get rid of recently employed people considered “unfit”. He did not even provide explanation for the declaration according to which “media is a burden for the Ministry of culture”. Does that mean that there is no room for the elaboration of media policy by the Ministry of culture? Or rather that the media sector needs to be reformed?
Sidonia Bogdan, a famous Romanian journalist who investigated corruption cases involving the former deputy prime minister Gabriel Oprea and cases of plagiarism by political figures in Romania, stated for Dilema Veche that the majority of mainstream media in Romania is promoting a political agenda
In order to ease spreading of useful information and contents on media freedom in Europe, Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso and the European Centre for Media Freedom developed a new online platform - the Resource Centre.
An investigation recently carried out among journalists is Serbia on the effects of job insecurity reveals how 40% of the interviewees would leave the profession
