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The Charlie Hebdo Effect in the Balkans

19/08/2015

The report looks at Balkan countries' reactions to the attacks against the French journalists

Croatia: string of attacks on journalists raises OSCE concerns

18/08/2015

OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media calls on Croatian authorities to protect differing and critical voices and to investigate string of attacks on journalists

OSCE decries eccessive court measures against Georgian TV channel Rustavi 2

12/08/2015

Freezing the assets of the Georgian television channel Rustavi 2 following an ownership dispute threatens media pluralism in the country, warns OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media

Azerbaijan: journalist Rasim Aliyev dies after beating

11/08/2015

Independent Azeri journalist Rasim Aliyev dies in Baku, after being beaten following his criticism against a local football player

OSCE condemns attack against journalist reporting on migrants in Macedonia

29/07/2015

OSCE Representative for Freedom of the Media condemns the attack on journalist Cornelia Krebs, who was reporting on border migration issues in Macedonia

European journalists and cartoonists stand up for media freedom in Berlin

10/07/2015

Together, they will create an educational online platform to support young media makers and a comic book about press freedom in their countries

OSCE Representative welcomes new draft for journalists’ ethics code in Montenegro, addresses issues of journalists’ safety and impunity

07/07/2015

Speaking at the end of her two-day visit to Montenegro, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović welcomed the new draft Code of Ethics for Montenegrin journalists

Nils Muižnieks : too many threats to journalists in Europe

02/07/2015

The Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe sent a letter to the president of Ossigeno per l'Informazione on the occasion of today's conference “Protect who reports inconvenient truths”, taking place in Rome

The EFJ welcomes the Croatian Center for the Protection of Freedom of Expression

29/06/2015

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) welcomes the launch of the Croatian Center for the Protection of Freedom of Expression. The Croatian Journalists’ Association (HND), in cooperation with the Union of Croatian Journalists (SNH), both members of the EFJ, will present this project in Zagreb, on 2 July. The Center will provide legal protection to journalists, in a context of increasingly frequent threats and intimidation

European Centre for Press and Media Freedom founded in Leipzig

25/06/2015

Representatives of 20 journalists associations, publishing houses, academic institutions, trade unions and media rights experts from many European countries have founded the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) in Leipzig today. Based in Leipzig a team of six starts working after the Centre has now been established as an independent non-profit European Co-operative Society (SCE)