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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the violence used by police against journalists while dispersing a demonstration in Yerevan on the evening of 29 July
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Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News
On 28th June, in a Post-Brexit speech to the European Parliament, Nigel Farage, the leader of United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP), predicted: “The United Kingdom will not be the last Member State to leave the European Union”.
The post Euroscepticism beyond Brexit – A rise in demand for Nexit and Frexit? appeared first on European Youth Press.
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European Youth Press
by Cristina BachmeierOn 17 March 2016, the Higher Regional Court of Munich (OLG Munich) decided that a newspaper is not allowed to publish the name and profile picture of a Facebook user who had posted anti-refugee comments.
Users of the social media network Facebook posted defamatory comments about refugees on their accounts, inter alia, comparing refugees to animals. In October 2015, the German newspaper Bild published these comments together with the users’ names and profile pictures under the heading: “Hatred against refugees – Bild shames the agitators”. One user sued the paper for violation of his privacy.
In an earlier ruling,…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
The Youth Time International Movement is officially inviting journalists to apply for accreditation to the Youth Time Global Forum, which will take place in Jakarta, Indonesia from the 24th to the 26th of November, 2016. Participation is fully funded. Deadline to apply is August 7th. The Youth Time Global Forum in Jakarta will be a unique event which […]
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European Youth Press
As arrests of journalists and media closure continue, the International and the European Federation of Journalists (IFJ/EFJ) call on the European Union to take additional steps to hold Turkish president Erdogan accountable for press freedom breaches
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Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News
An exhibition organised by the Serbian Progressive Party of Prime Minister Vučić tries to counter criticism about censorship in the Serbian media. The effect, however, is that of a blacklist
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Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News
Marcelo Thompson, Assistant Professor at the University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Law, proposes an efforts-based approach to Internet intermediary liability. This blogpost is one of a series reflecting discussions held at the LSE on 8 July 2016 as part of a Media Policy Project workshop on “Digital Dominance: Implications and Risks”, a summary of which will be available on […]
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Media Policy Project
Deadline: 7 September 2016 The European Journalism Centre (EJC) is accepting applications for the Innovation in Development Reporting Grant Programme (IDR). The program aims to advance creative reporting approaches, thus enabling a better coverage of international development issues. The Innovation in Development Reporting Grant Programme was launched in January 2013 by the EJC with […]
The post Call for: Applications for Innovation in Development Reporting Grant Programme appeared first on European Youth Press.
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European Youth Press
Deadline: 14 August 2016 Are you a young key multiplier playing an active role in a youth organisation, willing to gain skills to promote and disseminate principles of Global Development Education (GDE) to other young people? Do you want to develop competences to facilitate peer-learning processes with other young people based on the […]
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European Youth Press
Summer is the time to widen your horizons, discover diversity and meet new friends. Have you had a great traveling experience this summer? Did you cross borders, break stereotypes, merge in a different culture? Did you discover something new about Europe, or did you change your mind about what European identity is? And most importantly, […]
The post Call for: Summer stories for Faces of Europe competition appeared first on European Youth Press.
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European Youth Press
