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Online Abuse Now Commonplace for Balkan Women Reporters

Reflecting the global trend, female journalists in the Balkans are more often attacked online than their male colleagues: an investigation with dozens of interviews and comments and an open platform to collect stories of attacks, harassment and threats, reports of a worrying picture where women are also left alone facing intimidation and its psychological impact

read more Safety of journalists Media and gender Hate speech Impunity Online news Online media Bosnia Herzegovina Serbia Kosovo North Macedonia Montenegro

Measuring media realities. Media Clientelism Index 2016

Clientelism, politicization and corruption hold media captured and prevent them from carrying out their watchdog role. Media Clientelism Index assesses the situation in 6 countries of South East Europe

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Hacks, leaks and disruptions – Russian cyber strategies

This edition of the Chaillot Papers, the monographic publication by the European Union Institute for Security Studies, is devoted to Russia’s cyber posture, some case studies of Russian cyberattacks, and EU and NATO approaches to cyber threats

read more Russia Cybersecurity European policies and legislation Fake news and disinformation Serbia Ukraine Montenegro North Macedonia Georgia Estonia

A Manifesto for Sustainable Journalism in South East Europe and Turkey

The manifesto presents key points on sustainable journalism to strengthen journalism in South East Europe and Turkey and seeks to identify media that are committed to ethics and transparency to showcase the independent newsrooms to lead the way in public interest
journalism in the region

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Reporters Without Borders - Press Freedom Index

Published every year since 2002 by Reporters Without Borders (RWB), the World Press Freedom Index ranks 180 countries according to the level of freedom available to journalists

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Council of Europe Recommendation on media pluralism, transparency of media ownership and media literacy

The Council of Europe has issued guidelines to its 47 member states in order to promote media pluralism, transparency of media ownership and media literacy

read more Media pluralism Media ownership Transparency Media literacy Investigative journalism Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belgium Bosnia Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Greece Hungary Germany Iceland Ireland Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Monaco Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Serbia San Marino Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland North Macedonia Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom

Far-Right Nationalism and Populism in Europe: Assaults on Press Freedom

The study by the Media Governance and Industries Research Lab (University of Vienna) examines how far-right and populist political parties affect independent journalism in democracies and the specific threats they pose to it in 12 European countries: Austria; Bosnia & Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Croatia; France; Germany; Hungary; Italy; Montenegro; Poland; Romania; and Serbia.

read more Media freedom Hate speech Fake news and disinformation EU Member States Bulgaria France Germany Hungary Croatia Bosnia Herzegovina Greece Italy Romania Poland Montenegro Austria Serbia

Montenegro: the fight against impunity begins in the courtroom

Two recent landmark judgements in Montenegro seek to end impunity for crimes against journalists, reversing a long-lasting trend and holding authorities responsible for failing to investigate attacks against journalist Tufik Softić

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