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Open to nationals of the 18 CEI Member States it is for professional and young journalists. the deadline for appointing is 31 May 2017 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
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
The European Centre for Press and the Media Freedom will send a short-term small fact-finding delegation to Skopje in the last week of April 2017 Investigate on the increasing number of attacks on journalists and on the general situation of media freedom through political-motivated pressure in the Republic of Macedonia: these are the goals of
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
Media on government payroll and distrust by citizens make Bulgaria a symbol of deteriorating freedom of expression in Europe
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Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News
by Ana Ribeiro
Index for Censorship’s Mapping Media Freedom paints a grim map of Europe in its latest annual report. The monitoring platform in 2016 verified 1,387 instances of violence, threats and other violations of journalists’ rights in the EU and enlargement countries.
Mapping Media Freedom is a platform regularly monitoring media freedom violations across Europe. Its latest report shows a high number of violent attacks and other attempts to repress and obstruct the work of journalists. (Photo: screenshot from annual 2016 report)
Worrying trends expected to continue in 2017 include attacks by right-wing groups, limitations on journalists covering the plight of…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Methods for pressuring and controlling the media in Serbia have become more sophisticated than in the past, but they are no less harmful to freedom of expression
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Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News
In Norway, a government-appointed Commission on Media Diversity, focusing on citizens as media users, has recently published wide-ranging proposals to safeguard access to journalism at a time of significant turbulence and change. Here one of its members, Hallvard Moe, summarises the political context and the main recommendations of the Commission. The Norwegian political system and the role of green papers Norway […]
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Media Policy Project
Irene Buscemi has denounced the violent removal of her camera after filming a fight between the relatives of the young man killed The journalist Irene Buscemi, collaborator of the TV programme Tagadà broadcast on the La7 channel on March 29th , 2017 pressed charges for having been assaulted in Alatri, in the province of Frosinone,
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
A testimony of journalist Claudia Aldi, defended victoriously by the Legal Defence Office of Ossigeno in a trial for libel The trial, which began in 2003, ended after 14 years in the Court of Appeals of Perugia, on 10 March 2017 with her acquittal. In the first degree, the journalist had been convicted. The arrival
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
This week, Ossigeno has verified and made know 9 cases of intimidation against journalists and information operators. Targeted because of their work: Mimmo Mazza, Giuseppe De Tommaso, Editore; Filippo Marra Cutrupi; Dario Lapenta; Loris Mazzetti, Antonio Padellaro; Emilio Casalini, Raffaele Manco. They are 8 men and 1 n/d. The methods of intimidation, according to the Ossigeno classification method, fall into the
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
The journalist Scagliarini and the chief editor De Tomaso were denounced by a teacher and a researcher from the University who asked for 70 thousand euro Two years after the publication of the disputed articles, the judge for the preliminary investigation of the Court of Bari, Marco Galesi, on March 23, 2017 dismissed a lawsuit
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
