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The contested article appeared on the local newspaper was signed by Erminio Cioffi. For the credit institution’s lawyer is a “serious damage to the image.” The reporter: I told the facts On July 15, 2016 the lawyers of the credit institute Banca del Cilento of Sassano (in the province of Salerno) and of Vallo di
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
European SME Week, under the patronage of the European Commissioner for Single Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, is launching a youth essay contest aimed at 16-25 year olds across Europe.
The post Call for: European SME Week Youth Competition 2016 appeared first on European Youth Press.
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European Youth Press
The European Union is drifting apart. Despite of an overall good economic situation, not all regions benefit from growth. In fact, many European countries, particularly those in the South, are in a vicious circle of debt, unemployment, and emigration.
The post Call for: 2nd FES European Autumn Academy appeared first on European Youth Press.
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European Youth Press
by Jane Whyatt, research by Prof. George PleiosVeteran Greek journalist Stratis Balastas has been sued for using the word ’Nazi’ to describe a teacher who boasted on his blog that he is “.proud to be a national socialist“. The teacher Mr Makripulios supports Greece’s banned Golden Dawn far-right party. He had posted an article by Rudolf Hess, who was Hitler’s deputy in World War 2. Makripulios is a teacher at the 6th Gymnasium school on the island of Lesbos.
In court, Balastas defended himself by using this evidence to prove that his description of the teacher was accurate and in…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Interview by Ola AljariKirsten Boie, German author of more than 60 books for children and teenagers, has recently written down the story of two Syrian refugee children who fled their home town Homs with their family. They came to Germany where they live in a village near Hamburg now. The book called “Bestimmt wird alles gut” (certainly everything will turn out fine) came into being with the help of the refugee children Rahaf and Hassan (nicknames the children chose to protect their privacy) who told their story to the author.
Kirsten Boie (Photo: Reto Klar)
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Following a special workshop convened by the Media Policy Project on ‘Families and “screen-time”: challenges of media self-regulation’, Madeleine de Cock Buning – Chair of the European Regulators Group for Audiovisual Media Services (ERGA), President of the Dutch Media Authority and Professor of Media, Communication & Copyright Law at Utrecht University in the Netherlands – reflects on proposals by ERGA […]
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Media Policy Project
by Michelle TrimbornTwo weeks after the coup attempt in Turkey, the country is facing a dreadful wave of arrests. So far, at least 131 media outlets have been shut down, many journalists are facing detention.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is on a mission to cleanse his country from individuals and institution which allegedly undermine his power and have connections to the so-called Gülen movement. After having already expelled and partly detained thousands of soldiers and generals, judges, other civil servants and many academics, it is now the media which is facing the purge with a high number of detentions…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Of the 42 journalists against whom detention warrant has been issued within scope of the probe launched as to coup attempt, Bülent Mumay has been taken into custody
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Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News
Following a special workshop convened by the Media Policy Project on ‘Automation, Prediction and Digital Inequalities’, Alessandro Acquisti, Professor of Information Technology and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University, asks what the economic argument is for and against privacy. A summary of the workshop will be available on this website shortly. It may sound surprising that a review of economics and privacy […]
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Media Policy Project
by Sven Milekić, Zagreb Although the government fell over a month ago (after the main ruling party, the Croatian Democratic Union – HDZ, voted no confidence for Prime Minister Tihomir Orešković), it holds on to its influence on Croatia's public service broadcasting (HRT). Meanwhile, the ideological and politically motivated clean sweep in HRT by HDZ officials is in full swing.
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Last Friday, the transitional government initiated the procedure for amending the law on HRT by extending the mandate of the Acting Director from the current six months to a year. The Croatian…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
