EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn declared on 4 November, during the Speak up!3 conference, that the freedom of media and expression is the backbone of the process of integration of the Western Balkans.
Higher Prosecutor's Office in Bijelo Polje has officially suspended the investigation against Dragan Labudović for the attempted murder of journalist Tufik Softić.
According to the Government vice president, the media moguls have been on the receiving end of loans upwards of 1bl euros which they were repaying the interest with... advertisement time. Two key members of the government make crucial revelations and estimations concerning the progress of the bill about the TV permits.
According to a legal precedent, media owners who go bankrupt are not allowed to get involved in new editorial projects in Greece. Therefore, due to the closure of newspapers of major Greek media groups with the bankruptcy process to be secure against creditors, none of the present oligarchs should get a TV license based on the new licensing legislation.
Curated by Foreign affairs editorial staff at Radio Popolare, the second episode within the ECPMF project features Fazıla Mat, OBC correspondent from Istanbul, presenting a complex picture of press freedom in Turkey.
Greece occupies one position before the last in Europe and 91st worldwide in freedom of the Press in the annual Reporters without Borders rating. Greece has stepped up by 8 places since 2014 yet it is 54 places below the 2009 rating ,before its financial woes begun.
The president of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) Tomislav Karamarko did not appear at the preliminary hearing that was held at the Municipal Civil Court in Zagreb. A hearing was held for the case in which Karamarko seeks 200.000,01 kn from the publisher of the weekly magazine Nacional - for publishing an authorized interview with Joseph Manolić. The president of Croatian Journalists' Association Saša Leković argues this is Karamarko's attempt to intimidate the Croatian media.
