The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), once again is asking for an professional investigation by the authorities over the physical attack on Davor Pasalic, an editor of the Serbian news agency Fonet
The Serbian government has submitted to parliament a set of media bills, envisioning inter alia the state's withdrawal from the media sector by the middle of next year. It hopes lawmakers will adopt the new legislation as soon as possible
EU states are failing to reach relevant international standards on freedom of expression, as defamation remains a criminal act in 23 out of all 28 members of the bloc, the International Press Institute (IPI) said on July 17th
Reporters Without Borders warns that access to media and information can be dropped from United Nations development goals. Protection of the right to information is in danger of being weakened or disappearing altogether, to be replaced a vague reference to freedom of expression
The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), is expressing concern regarding the Belgrade appeals court ruling on July 1st, in which media outlet B92 was fined for defamation charges against the former Assistant Minister of Health Zorica Pavlovic
Svetlana Lukić, editor of "Peščanik": the long rule of the Democratic Party, Boris Tadić, and his court set up a mechanism of media control. Vučić - once Milošević's minister of Information- inherited it and added his own, Šešelj-style, "charm"
Pelin Batu has been laid off from her post at Milliyet newspaper. "Why a popular leader who can hardly keep 50 percent of his electors under control, is afraid of three or five journalists, columnists and reporters,” she told Bianet.
A job listing recently posted to a well-known classified ad site highlights the dismal level to which the job market for journalists has plummeted in Greece. The ad is seeking a 'writer' who will post 100 articles a day to a website for the princely sum of 100 euros a month
Proposed amendments to Bulgaria's Penal Code that would criminalise the spreading of misleading information about banks and financial institutions could undermine freedom of expression and allow censorship to gain even more ground, experts have warned
Ljubica Grozdanovska Dimishkovska, author of international report critical of the country's level of democracy, was criticised for her analysis, with pro-government media seeing it as serving the interests of the opposition as well as those of Greece
