The EU Award for Investigative Journalism has been granted so far in Albania, Kosovo, Montenegro and Serbia, acknowledging investigations on corruption and social exclusion
The recent attack against Petar Panjkota, reporter with RTL Croatia television, in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, is unacceptable and must be fully investigated, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović said yesterday
The European Federation of Journalists is strongly supporting the initiative of its affiliate in Greece the Journalists’ Union of Macedonia and Thrace Daily Newspapers who drafted a proposal for the adoption of the Anti-racism Ethics Code
ECPMF action on 14 April calls Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban to investigate press freedom violations and defend journalists’ right to cover the refugee crisis
Journalists have been suffering the consequences of reporting on the misdeeds of the Turkish Government. Turkey, with the highest number of journalists in prison, and very high numbers of fatal and non-fatal attacks against independent journalists, has witnessed a steep decline in the level of freedom of the media - from 54 to 65 in Freedom House's Press Freedom Index, which since 2013 rates Turkey as "non free".
OBC, in cooperation with Jean Monnet Centre of excellence - University of Trento, School of International Studies - University of Trento, Research Project on International Policies and Conflicts (CeRPIC - FBK), Forum trentino per la Pace e i Diritti Umani, Training Centre for International Cooperation, European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF), La rivista il Mulino, promotes, next 21st November, an International conference to celebrate its 15th anniversary