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Lindita Çela and Artsiom Harbatsevich win the CEI SEEMO Award 2016

18/11/2016

Albanian and Belarusian journalists win CEI SEEMO Award for Outstanding Merits in Investigative Journalism 2016

Cumhuriyet’s Akın Atalay Detained

11/11/2016

Cumhuriyet Newspaper Executive Board President Akın Atalay has been detained at Atatürk Airport where Atalay returned from abroad.

Wikipedia 'edit-a-thon' seeks to boost contents on media freedom and pluralism

28/10/2016

An edit-a-thon will take place in Belgrade on November 21st to boost the availability of accurate knowledge on media freedom in the largest open encyclopedia worldwide

Romania to Eliminate Public Broadcast Fee

25/10/2016

Concerns about independence and sustainability of the public broadcaster, as Romania proposes to abolish the subscription fee and introduce direct funding of the public radio-television

A safe haven for media workers under threat: the ECPMF Journalists-in-Residence-Programme

21/10/2016

Until 8 November 2016, threatened media freedom activists and journalists from EU and pre-accession countries can apply for the ECPMF Journalists-in-Residence-Programme

IFJ and EFJ discuss media freedom in Turkey with CoE's General Secretary

13/10/2016

International and European Federations of Journalists and other partner media organisations of the Council of Europe Platform for the Safety of Journalists met in Strasbourg with the CoE's General Secretary

Refugees and Migrants, the inconvenient truths

03/10/2016

The European Federation of Journalists organised in Brussels, on 4th October 2016, the roundtable 'Refugees and Migrants, the inconvenient truths – Journalism against bias and stereotypes'

EBU concerned about threat to HRT and public service media in Croatia

29/09/2016

The EBU is deeply concerned about the threat to HRT in Croatia by plans to make a reduction of the licence fee part of the negotiations to form a new government

Online journalist flees Russia following threats

27/09/2016

The independent online journalist Aleksandr Sotnik yesterday announced that he had fled Russia following threats connected to his critical reporting on Kremlin policies

Macedonian journalist Zoran Bozinovski must be released

26/09/2016

The European Federation of Journalists has called for the immediate release of detained Macedonian freelance journalist Zoran Bozinovski which is on day 9 of hunger strike