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On the occasion of March 8, International Women’s Day, the SafeJournalists Network warns that women journalists in the Western Balkan countries continue to face ongoing threats, pressures and gender-based harassment,...
People initially convicted and then acquitted for the murder of journalist Slavko Ćuruvija are suing the foundation founded by the deceased journalist’s children for injury to reputation and honor. ...
Government says new law implementing European Media Freedom Act will safeguard press freedom – but opposition claims it fails to address political pressure on journalists. Croatia’s parliament on Friday...
A recent defamation decision by the Court of Appeal in North Macedonia against the Investigative Reporting Lab (IRL) is a worrying development for media freedom in the country which should...
The International Press Institute (IPI) today welcomes the recent criminal convictions handed down by a Greek court to four individuals from surveillance firm Intellexa whose Predator spyware was used to...
Government, opposition and rights groups called on Israel to free two CNN Turkish journalists detained while doing a live broadcast from Tel Aviv. The Turkish government, opposition and rights...
Press freedom continued to be under sustained pressure in Europe in 2025, driven by legal threats, physical attacks and intimidation, attempts of media capture and transnational repression, according to the...
According to the Report on the Needs of Media Service Users in Serbia, conducted in cooperation with the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media (REM), 10 percent of respondents named the...
Željko Mitrović’s company Pink TV is having increasing problems in the region. She is accused of “promoting war crimes and spreading hate speech”. After several of Pink’s shows were banned...
The Coalition for Media Freedom points to the growing prevalence of hate speech and threats directed at local journalists through various communication channels because of the views expressed in their...
While the journalists of N1, Nova S and other media are on “silent fire” due to changes in the company, United Group claims – there is no reason to fear....
Milica Čubrilo Filipović, the recent correspondent of “Figaroa”, talks to “Vreme” about her termination of work for the French newspaper due to critical reporting on the situation in Serbia. The...
The publisher of the tabloid “Informer” became a co-owner of the company “Best Media Team”, which bought several local media in Serbia since the beginning of the year. According to...
Deutsche Welle’s Serbian language portal said it was told by United Group sources that the recent changes do not mean its media outlets in the Western Balkans would be sold...
Authors’ texts are indispensable for AI Large Language Models, but they receive no compensation. The Dutch Writers’ Guild (Auteursbond), the Dutch Association of Journalists (NVJ) and the Lira Foundation have...
By Isa Myzyraj, Journalist and Chairperson of the Association of Journalists of Albania (AJA) For more than a decade, dozens of journalists and media outlets in Albania have been...
The Mapping Media Freedom portal published two media alerts following verbal assaults on N1 by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Parliament Speaker Ana Brnabic. “Vucic, discredited the independent media...
The SafeJournalists Network expresses serious concern over the ongoing online smear campaign and coordinated harassment targeting journalists Anila Hoxha and Klodiana Lala, whose reporting on the Special Anti-Corruption and Organized...
The SafeJournalists Network expresses its deepest concern over the alarming situation at the Public Broadcasting Service of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BHRT) and the imminent threat of the shutdown of this...
Prosecutors received pressure calls from the Security-Information Agency before the repeated voting in the four election seats for members of the High Council of Prosecutors, so they ended up on...
The former members of the Council of REM have different interpretations of the Montenegrin media regulators’ decision to limit the broadcasting of Serbian tabloid television programs in which hate speech,...
BHRT’s symbolic blank-screen broadcast on Thursday risks becoming permanent if its mountain of debt is not paid off by the end of this month. Bosnia’s public broadcaster, BHRT, shut...
After Jovana Jeremić’s show, “Montenegrin REM” initiated proceedings against Informer and Prva televisions for hate speech, denial of national identity and glorification of war criminals Council Audiovisual Media Services...
The Independent Journalists’ Association of Serbia (IJAS) strongly condemns the targeting of journalists from TV N1 by the highest state officials – the President of the Republic of Serbia, Aleksandar...