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The invisible hand of self-censorship in Serbia

26/05/2015

Today a round-table on media freedom in Serbia discussed at the European Parliament the dramatically worsening media crisis in Serbia

CEI SEEMO Award for Outstanding Merits in Investigative Journalism: Call 2015 launched

25/05/2015

The Central European Initiative (CEI) and the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), in special partnership with the Media Program South East Europe of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), have opened the Call for Applications 2015 of the CEI SEEMO Award for Outstanding Merits in Investigative Journalism

EU Rapporteur concerned over freedoms in Turkey

21/05/2015

European parliament’s rapporteur for Turkey Kati Piri worried about 'independence of judiciary, freedom of expression and the freedom of press' in the country

The Dataharvest/EIJC 2015 in a Nutshell

20/05/2015

From the 8th until the 10th of May, the European capital of Brussels was transformed into an international meeting point for data coders and journalists, investigative or otherwise. The reason: the Dataharvest European Investigative Journalism Conference 2015.

Trento: transnational civilian intervention in conflict areas

10/04/2015

In the frame of the annual Conference of the Italian Standing Group on International Relations, OBC will chair the panel "Transnational civilian intervention in conflict areas: from global civil society to jihadism". People interested in presenting a paper at the 2015 SGRI Conference are invited to send a short abstract to sgri@fbk.eu by May 15, 2015

Nils Muižnieks concerned about arrest of journalists in Turkey

15/12/2014

The Council of Europe just released a statment by Nils Muižnieks, Commissioner for Human Rights, on recent arrests in Turkey

Nils Muižnieks' Eight Steps to Preserve Press Freedom

25/11/2014

In the Regent's Report 2014 Nils Muižnieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, highlights Eight Steps necessary to preserve press freedom

SEEMO calls Macedonian authorities to drop all charges against the journalist Tomislav Kezarovski

07/11/2014

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), a network of editors, media executives and leading journalists from South East and Central Europe, is expressing its deep concern regarding the case of the Macedonian journalist Tomislav Kezarovski.

Investigative journalist receives threats from EU Kosovo mission?

04/11/2014

Vehbi Kajtazi, an investigative journalist with the Kosovan newspaper Koha Ditore, says he was directly threatened by members of the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (Eulex) over his reports that senior mission officials were suspected of corruption

International standards on freedom of expression and defamation

29/10/2014

The International Press Institute (IPI) released three documents in mid-July as it started work on a project on defamation laws and press freedom in Europe aimed at raising public awareness about the need of legal reform in this area, as well as at ensuring that European journalists are able to defend their rights more effectively.