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Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights' report on Croatia - Reports

Council of Europe Commissione for Human Rights raises concern about weak protection of journalists’ rights and working conditions and the independence of public service media in Croatia

Turkey: State of emergency, state of arbitrary - Reports

Turkey: the abortive coup d’état and the state of emergency in effect since 20 July worsen the crack down against media. A report by Reporters Without Borders

Spain's 'gag laws' - Legal Resources

The 'gag laws', most popularly known as 'Ley Mordaza' or 'leys mordaza', have been found to systematically violate citizens' rights in Spain since their implementation last year. The organisation PDLI is following the situation closely and provides a guide on what the laws mean and what they have caused to journalists so far

Challenges to the ECtHR from Russia and Turkey: Freedom of Expression on the Internet - Legal Resources

The regulation of the online domain is gradually being tightened: an analysis of the most recent challenges to the ECtHR in Turkey and Russia 

The Future of Public Service Broadcasting in the Western Balkans: The Need for a New paradigm - Reports

Public Service Broadcasters (PSB) in the countries of the Western Balkans are in crisis. At stake is the very legitimacy of public service broadcasting in the region.

Freedom of Expression, Media and Information in Kosovo - Reports

An assessment based on Council of Europe indicators for media in a democracy

Pavel Sheremet: Keeping his memory alive - Article

Following the killing of the Belarus journalist Pavel Sheremet, OBC contributed to improve and translate his biographical page on Wikipedia

Making budgets attractive. Best practices from governments’ financial transparency portals - Reports

OpenBudgets.eu sheds light on the best practices and needs of governments providing open budget data, a crucial tool for financial transparency and journalistic investigation

Press freedom in 'post-democracy' Greece - Reports

Nine journalists were sanctioned by the Disciplinary Board of the Journalists’ Union of Athens following an investigation into the skewed coverage of the bailout referendum of July 2015. However, the issue is structural and involves the way mainstream media have been covering the financial crisis and austerity policy for several years

NIS Directive - Legal Resources

The NIS Directive is the first piece of EU-wide legislation on cybersecurity. It provides legal measures to boost the overall level of cybersecurity in the EU