Censorship in Ukraine - Wikipedia Item

The Wikipedia article Freedom of the Press in Ukraine has been expanded and updated with information on censorship and self-censorship . This is part of the series on "Censorship and self-censorship in Europe" and will be followed by other country-specific items

New Wikipedia page updated: Radio Television of Vojvodina Case within the article "Media Freedom in Serbia" - Wikipedia Item

During the "Wiki4MediaFreedom edit-a-thon" held in Belgrade on November 21st, the Wikipedia article "Media freedom in Serbia " has been improved with updated information on the case of Radio Television of Vojvodina .

Transparency of media ownership in Croatia - Wikipedia Item

The new Wikipedia article "Transparency of media ownership in Croatia " has been released in September 2016. The article is part of the series on "Transparency of media ownership in Europe " and will be followed by other country-specific items

Remembrance Day for Killed Journalists in Russia - Wikipedia Item

December 15 is the Remembrance Day of Journalists Killed on the Line of Duty in the Russian Federation. 

Wikipedia tracks the dire situation of press and media freedom in Russia in several way. It includes a general article on the Media of Russia as well as a more specific one on Freedom of the Press in Russia, with a section on cases of assaults on journalists. The List of journalists killed in Russia includes the names of over 200 media professionals killed over the last 25 years in the Russian Federation. 

Among them, the Wikipedian in Residence at Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso has already provided for translations into Italian of the pages about Natalya Estemirova,  Larisa Yudina,  Andrey Stenin,  Sergei Dubov,  Kazbek Gekkiyev,  Akhmednabi Akhmednabiyev, Oleg Slabynko,  Stanislav Markelov, and  Gadzhi Abashilov. The page on Akhmednabi Akhmednabiyev was also translated into Russian.

Wikipedia:GLAM/OBC - Wikipedia Item

Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso (OBC) hosts a Wikipedian in Residence (WiR) in the framework of its cooperation with Wikimedia Italia and its membership in the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF). Wikipedia entries concerning freedom of information, freedom of the press and media pluralism in Europe are curated and developed by the Wikipedian in Residence (WiR), producing open-access, freely-reusable quality contents for the wider public in multiple languages.