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Pro-regime tabloid owner chooses jail over fine
Pro-regime tabloid editor Dragan J. Vucicevic reported to the District Jail in Belgrade on Monday to serve a six …
Vucic: Informer editor refused my offer to pay his fine
Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic said that he begged the editor of the tabloid “Informer”, Dragan Vucicevic, not to go …
NEWS Belgrade Mayor Files Defamation Lawsuits Against BIRN
Aleksandar Sapic, the mayor of the Serbian capital of Belgrade, has filed two separate defamation lawsuits against BIRN Serbia, …
Republika Srpska, the criminalisation of defamation and the squeeze on media freedom
On March 23, the People’s Assembly of the Republika Srpska approved the bill on the amendments to the Criminal …
SLAPP in Bulgaria, record claim against Mediapool
One million leva (about 500,000 Euros): this is the record compensation requested in court by the Bulgarian insurance company …
Serbia: more efforts needed to face the past, increase safety of journalists and human rights defenders, and protect women from violence
Strasbourg, 17 March 2023 – “It is high time for Serbia to face the legacy of the past, to …
UK: IFJ backs BBC journalists strike to defend local news
Members of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) in the UK and Ireland, an IFJ affiliate, working across England …
South Tyrol, the information monopoly and a new case of SLAPP
Defence attorney for activists and environmentalists, expert in criminal law and international cooperation, former observer abroad in trials against …
OSCE urges Serbian authorities to investigate attacks on journalists
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has expressed its concern over the recent attacks on journalists …
Romania: in conversation with investigative journalist Emilia Șercan 08/03/2023
Investigating academic fraud committed by Romanian public figures. This is Emilia Șercan’s expertise. Freelance investigative journalist and senior lecturer …