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European Commission grant recipients announce preliminary findings in projects intended to address threats, provide aid to journalists

The OSCE said on Monday (April 28th) that the twin elections held in Macedonia the previous day were "orderly and peaceful," but that numerous problems had been identified in the runup to and after the vote, with the lack of a free and impartial media environment

Freedom of expression and freedom of media are fundamental pillars of good governance and political accountability in democratic societies. Ensuring freedom of expression and freedom of media are also key priorities for the European Union (EU) and a key aspect of the EU integration process of the Western Balkans countries, including Bosnia and Herzegovina.

While Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdoğan heralds the advent of a new Turkey, his war on social media and new powers granted to intelligence agencies raise fears about freedom of information and the state of democracy in the country

A Berlin correspondent of Greece's semiofficial Athens News Agency - Macedonian Press Agency (ANA-MPA), has accused the newswire service of engaging in pro government propaganda, The Press Project reported on April 16th

New Bulgarian Media Group Holding (NBMG), solely owned by Irena Krasteva, raised eyebrows in the country on April 11th as it announced that it was selling the holding's print publications to Irish company Media Maker Limited (MML)

The Central European Initiative (CEI) and the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), in special partnership with the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), have opened the Call for Applications 2014 of the CEI SEEMO Award for Outstanding Merits in Investigative Journalism

Croatia's new Criminal Code establishes the offence of "humiliation", a barrier to freedom of expression that has already claimed its first victim among journalists – Slavica Lukić, of newspaper Jutarnji list

The EU should devise a robust media broadcasting strategy aimed at promoting freedom of expression, media pluralism and strengthening democracy and human rights within its foreign policy, says Parliament in a recommendation adopted last Wednesday

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), last Friday announced its participation in the “Safety Net for European Journalists”, a project creating “A Transnational Support Network for Media Freedom in Italy and Southeast Europe” together with the Rovereto, Italy-based Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso (OBC), part of the Fondazione Opera Campana dei Caduti; the Rome-based Ossigeno per L’Informazione; and Dr. Eugenia Siapera of Dublin City University