Campaigns and Advocacy - Balkans
29 February 2012
Montenegro
IPI releases report on press freedom mission
The mission concluded that quality journalism is scarce, competition between media outlets is fierce, and content is determined by media owners and powerful individuals.
23 February 2012
Serbia
IPI challenges authorities to solve journalist murder cases, protect journalists under threat
Currently, five journalists in Serbia specialised in reporting on corruption have been given 24-hour police protection by the Ministry of the Interior but police have been unable to eliminate the sources of threat, which come mostly from mafia-like organisations.
18 November 2011
Macedonia
IPI releases report on press freedom mission
All media professionals interviewed by the delegation spoke of political, economic and legal pressure on media that induced self-censorship.
20 September 2011
Greece
RSF reports on outlook for media following five-day country mission
Many of the journalists interviewed by RSF viewed the economic crisis as a chance for the media to break with the patronage system that has prevailed since the 1980s.
11 April 2011
Serbia
ANEM joins local media groups in calls for media reform
"Ignoring deadlines and prolonging the status quo jeopardises the implementation of the fundamental European principle that the state must not control the media or influence editorial policy," said ANEM in an open letter to President Boris Tadic.
15 March 2011
Serbia
Organisations show solidarity with broadcaster under threat
Brankica Stankovic, a programme producer at B92 radio and television, has been under police protection since December 2009, after she revealed alleged connections between organised crime, football fans and politics.
11 March 2011
Montenegro
World's press groups assess media scene in European Union-hopeful country
WAN-IFRA, IPI and SEEMO recently sent a joint delegation to the southeastern European republic to assess the threats to a free and independent press, and determine how to improve conditions in which a free press can thrive.
31 January 2011
Croatia
President says he opposes proposal to criminalise defamation
President Ivo Josipović told a joint IPI/SEEMO delegation in Zagreb that he is against proposed changes to his country's criminal code that would impose severe penalties for libel, including jail.
26 October 2010
Serbia
IPI supports joint stand by Serbian journalist associations on media independence
IPI stressed that Serbia must have legal mechanisms to prevent the creation of monopolies in the media market.
7 December 2009
Serbia
IPI press freedom mission to Serbia
IPI is concerned that new amendments to the Law on Public Information could lead to the introduction of increased self censorship.
30 October 2009
Awards / Bulgaria
Courage in journalism prize awarded to Bulgarian journalist
Lidiya Pavlova will receive the award, which is being presented for the first time, for her courageous reporting on violence and corruption.
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