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Unresolved journalist murder cases continue to plague Balkans

26/02/2014

A serious number of killings of journalists committed on the territory of the former Yugoslavia remain unsolved. ""We must do everything to expose the killers of journalists", told Veran Matić, B92 director, in a seminar recently organised in Belgrade

2013 Media in Turkey: Arrests, Assaults, Interventions, Lay Offs

19/02/2014

While 59 journalists and 23 publishers were arrested in 2013; 186 journalists, 1 media outlet and 2 internet sites were subjected to attacks. ECHR ordered to Turkey to pay 198,935 euros in FoE related cases. 143 media workers lost their jobs

Kosovo Online Media Urged to Curb Hate Speech

01/02/2014

An NGO in Pristina has urged online media outlets to ban readers’ comments that are flagrantly offensive and incite hatred - saying very few of them now exercise any such control

New attack against Montenegrin daily Vijesti

14/02/2014

A vehicle belonging to Montenegrin daily Vijesti was set on fire in the Adriatic republic's capital in the early hours of February 13th (Thursday). This was the latest in a series of attacks against the staff or property of the Podgorica-based independent newspaper in recent years