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Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic said that he begged the editor of the tabloid “Informer”, Dragan Vucicevic, not to go to prison and that he told him that he would pay...
Aleksandar Sapic, the mayor of the Serbian capital of Belgrade, has filed two separate defamation lawsuits against BIRN Serbia, its editor and journalists, claiming that their reporting damaged his reputation...
On March 23, the People’s Assembly of the Republika Srpska approved the bill on the amendments to the Criminal Code. 49 (out of 83) MPs voted in favour of the...
One million leva (about 500,000 Euros): this is the record compensation requested in court by the Bulgarian insurance company “Lev Ins” against the online publication “Mediapool”. According to “Lev Ins”,...
Strasbourg, 17 March 2023 – “It is high time for Serbia to face the legacy of the past, to protect media freedom and freedom of assembly, and to fulfil its...
Members of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) in the UK and Ireland, an IFJ affiliate, working across England for BBC Local will begin a 24-hour strike action from 11AM...
Defence attorney for activists and environmentalists, expert in criminal law and international cooperation, former observer abroad in trials against lawyers, passionate about fundamental rights, Nicola Canestrini has taken on the...
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has expressed its concern over the recent attacks on journalists in Serbia, with OSCE representative for media freedom Teresa Ribeiro and...
Investigating academic fraud committed by Romanian public figures. This is Emilia Șercan’s expertise. Freelance investigative journalist and senior lecturer at the University of Bucharest, she has been targeted by a...
Today the EFJ warns that the safety of women journalists is under threat in many countries. International Women’s Day commemorates the defence of all women’s rights and in particular...
The Council of Europe (CoE) said in its Safety of Journalists platform 2023 report Serbia is among the countries with the highest number of cases of harassment and intimidation against...
More than a hundred works councils, union sections and RLTs, convened by the Spanish journalists’ unions CCOO, UGT and FeSP, will take to the streets on 1 March 2023 to...