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At least four press photographers and a reporter are recovering from head injuries after being assaulted during Greece’s protests against the Perspes deal that will officially change the name of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the Republic of North Macedonia
Tomas Jacobi. Photo: Facebook
The agreement paves the way for the country to join NATO and the European Union.
Tomas Jacobi, author (with Angélique Kouronis) of an award-winning TV documentary about the far-fight Golden Dawn party, was targeted by extremists who referred to the film as they beat him up.
He was working for La Croix, a French Catholic news website. La Croix…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
By Emil Weber
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has decided that the German domestic courts were right to sanction the republication of a famous Swiss journalist and presenter’s photograph showing him without his shirt in a detention centre.
Building of the European Court of Human Rights (photo: CherryX)
The journalist was arrested and placed in pre-trial detention in March 2010 suspected of aggravated rape and dangerous assaults towards his former partner.
The photograph was published by the German daily newspaper Bild in June 2010. A few days later, the journalist was released from detention; and in the following year’s trial he was acquitted of…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
By Giovanni Vale, Zagreb
In terms of freedom of expression and the safety of journalists, 2019 appears to be starting with the worst premises.
Photo © Ruslan Grumble/Shutterstock
The last days of 2018, in fact, brought disturbing news for the country's reporters: first, a satirical portal was condemned for writing "falsehoods" in a fantasy article; then, the Association of Croatian Journalists (HND) was sued by public television (HRT) for 70,000 Euros for some critical comments.
Unfortunately, these are not exceptions, but a rising trend: it is more and more frequent for journalists to be sued for defamation. The HND, which is currently counting all…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
There are over a thousand ongoing trials against journalists or Croatian media, and the list is not complete. The complaint of the Association of Croatian Journalists
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Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News
Uncovering stories that matter for Europe
by Daniel Leon
Over 10,000 migrant children have fallen off the radar of European authorities, European Union funds have supported far-right Eurosceptic political parties, and criminal organizations have siphoned off EU taxpayer money in Romania and Bulgaria. These are the kinds of stories that fall through the cracks and are only picked up by dedicated investigative journalists.
Twelve projects were supported by the IJ4EU grant. (screenshot: ij4eu.net)
Under the support of the IJ4EU grant, investigative journalists have uncovered these stories and dug into other more high-profile topics, such as Russian espionage in Europe and how to continue the work…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
European Youth Press and Media4Change are inviting journalists to a 2-day international round table to explore ways of enhancing coverage of migration issues across Europe, to coincide with the 17th San Sebastián Human Rights Film Festival in Spain on 5-13 April 2019. Travel and accommodation are covered. Journalists are invited to share their approaches, experience […]
The post An invitation to ‘Migration: telling a different story’ – a journalistic exploration (San Sebastian, Spain, 11 – 12 April 2019) appeared first on European Youth Press.
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European Youth Press
by Ljiljana Smajlovic
I like to think the murder of Slavko Curuvija in 1999 was a tragedy, but that the campaign Politika’s publishing house is presently conducting against me, under the same pretext it used when it targeted Curuvija twenty years ago, is nothing but a farce.
Photo: Ljljana Smaijlovic, personal screenshot
If I did not choose to believe that, I would have to look over my shoulder in every dark alley.
Because individuals in charge of commissioning and running articles in Politika’s print outlets in which I stand accused of responsibility for NATO’s bombing of Yugoslavia, along with a whole string of other fabricated…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
by Jane Whyatt
Thousands of Serbs have been out on the streets again for the seventh Saturday running. They are protesting against propaganda, pressure on independent journalists and President Aleksandar Vucic’s strongman style of government.
Protestors in Belgrade. Photo: Visekruna Djordje
Threats and attacks against media workers are intensifying. Milan Jovanovic, editor of Zig INFO news portal, and his wife narrowly escaped with their lives when arsonists threw Molotov cocktails into their home. Later there was an intruder at their new temporary home, though that incident is not believed to be linked to Jovanovic’s work.
On 16. January 2019, Zig INFO reports a…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
A court in Montenegro today sentenced the independent journalist Jovo Martinović to 18 months in jail. The ECPMF and its partners are appalled by the verdict and condemn Martinović's conviction in a joint statement
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Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News
A court in Montenegro today sentenced the independent journalist Jovo Martinovic to 18 months in jail. The ECPMF and its partners are appalled by the verdict and condemn Martinovic's conviction in a joint statement.
Jovo Martinovic sentenced to 18 months in jail (photo: Courtecy of Martinovic's family)
The European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) and its undersigned partner organisations condemn today’s conviction of independent journalist Jovo Martinovic in Montenegro.
The court sentenced Martinovic to 18 months in jail. His trial continued in the High Court of Podgorica, Montenegro, after he was charged by the Special Prosecution Office for A) the criminal…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)