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 […]
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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 […]
“Being a journalist in Serbia involves personal sacrifice and courage”
The bad state of the media is not just problem of journalists, but the whole society – is one of the conclusions of the discussion “Journalist profession: from the universal know-it-all to the proud ignorant”, organized by IP Clio and Movement Novi Optimizam, held on May 23 in Media and Reform Center Nis, to […]
Journalism in Serbia – a deeply precarious job
Author: Tatjana Djukic The phenomenon of increasing precariousness of journalists, primarily insecurity and uncertainty in the field of labor, as well as problems that the media workers face every day in the south of Serbia were the subject of a working meeting in Media and Reform Center Nis. This was one in a series […]
Shocking testimony of Macedonian journalist Natasa Stojanovska: “A Bloody Fairy-tale”
Natasa Stojanovska Journalist at TV “24 Vesti” “A bloody fairy-tale”, by the poetess Desanka Maksimovic gained a new interpretation these days, in the Balkans, in the Macedonian Parliament. This time, the assailants were not the Germans. And the killed would reborn in different times, but guided by same ideals. People were sitting on the […]
Association of Journalists of Macedonia: The Government with money and violence is controlling the media
Source: website of the Association of Journalists of Macedonia The Association of Journalists of Macedonia has prepared a report on the indicators for the degree of media freedom and journalist safety in 2016. The report has been prepared using qualitative and quantitative methods for data gathering and analysis. According to the findings of the […]
The international community calls to save public service media (PSM) in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH)
Geneva, 23 April 2017 Urgent measures need to be taken to secure adequate and sustainable funding for PSM in BiH. It has been almost a year since the previous model for collecting the licence fee – through telephone bills – expired. The two telecoms operators in BiH, Bhtelecom and M:tel, have been voluntarily collecting the […]