Representatives of the power company Elektroprivreda BiH and two Sarajevo-based public broadcasting services, the national BHRT and the entity RTV FBiH, signed a business contract agreeing on collection of TV license fee together with electricity bills, displayed on bills starting with August 2017. Along with these two broadcasters, the public broadcasting system of B&H also […]
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Founder of Serbian local media began hunger strike because of financial and political pressures
Author: Tatjana Djukic Founder of recently shut down weekly newspapers Vranjske and former NUNS president Vukasin Obradovic began a hunger strike in order to draw attention to, according to his statement, the pointless fight for media freedom in Serbia. At the moment he is at the offices of Vranjske, where he barricaded himself, refusing […]
”General prosecutor used his position to censor media content”, report claims
A report published by Klodiana Lala on BIRN Albania’s website shows that the General Prosecutor Adriatik Lalla used his position to demand for online articles on his daughter’s lifestyle be deleted. He sent a letter to the Authority of Electronic and Postal Communications (AKEP), asking them to take measures against some portals that had written a piece on […]
”The potential of young journalists in Serbia is underutilized”
Author: Marta Savic, MRCN Are Serbian media available to young journalists? Do media owners and editors in the West use their potential more than Serbian media? How to fight censorship? We discussed these dilemmas with the journalist and coordinator of the Deutsche Welle Academy in Serbia, Klaus Dahmann. According to him, media workers in […]
Politics of sexism: Forensic psychiatrist and good housewives
Author: Tatjana Djukic, MRCN (*In the last three months, the daily Politics has published three articles of the phantom authors. In the section Views, which publishes personal opinions and analyses, fictional authors have appeared with some disputable articles. The last one was the phantom commentary of a certain forensic psychiatrist, a court expert for […]
Informer’s Journalist Association for the Protection of President Vučić – the culmination of hypocrisy
Author: Ivan Protic Paradoxes are common for the Serbian media scene, which has been devastated by all authorities, but mostly by the half-century ruling of Aleksander Vučić. However, the announcement made by the owner of the tabloid Informer, Dragan J. Vučićević, that he will form a journalist association, as the existing ones are “para politic”, is the culmination […]
Judge files two lawsuits against media outlets and journalists
Gjin Gjoni, Judge at the Court of Appeals and member of the Supreme Council of Justice in Tirana, along with his wife, the businesswoman Elona Caushi, filed lawsuits against two media outlets and four journalists working for the latters. The ones to be sued are the Balkan Investigative Reporting in Albania and reporters Besar Likmeta […]
Women in journalism, a favorite target of Serbian politicians
A widespread opinion among the local powerful people, especially politicians, implies that journalists are less worthy citizens, in relation to whom everything is permitted. Especially female journalists suffer bad treatment, as they are often the target of sexist attacks and suggestions. These days, even Saša Janković, the presidential candidate and politician of civic orientation, joined the […]
Amendment on political advertising rules sparks opposition of media outlets
The Parliament of Albania approved an amendment to the Law on Audiovisual Media regarding rules for political parties’ advertising during political campaigns. The law was voted with 118 votes out of 140, and was a result of the two major political parties’ agreement regarding the imminent general elections of June 25, 2017. The amendment […]
Blagojević: Small penalties for threats against journalists and censorship are the most dangerous
Author: Milena Milosevic This year, the Media Freedom Index places Serbia as 66th, from 180 ranked countries, representing a decrease of 7 spots, compared to 2016. Reporters Without Borders, which annually publishes this index, says media freedom has never been more vulnerable. “Media outlets in Serbia work under severe financial burden and pressure from editors, and those critically […]