KoSSev editor in chief: Instead with journalism, we are dealing with fake news and fighting for security (N1, KoSSev)
Who is standing behind the social networks profiles exclusively devoted to attacking opposition politicians and the media that are critical towards the government? Anonymity on the Internet makes finding an answer to this question impossible while simultaneously increasing the number of pages dedicated to fake news and hate speech campaigns. Facebook page “Zemun je nas […]
Read More →Mayor from ruling SNS party detained for attack on journalist in Belgrade (Prva TV, Tanjug, B92)
Veran Matic, chairman of the Commission for Investigating Murders of Journalists, spoke for Prva TV in Belgrade on Monday morning about the arrest of Dragoljub Simonovic. Dragoljub Simonovic, mayor of Grocka municipality and senior official of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) is suspected of ordering a fire to be started on the property of […]
Read More →UNS and DNKiM: ”Urgently provide information to the Serb people in KiM in their mother tongue” (Kontakt plus radio, KIM radio)
The Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS) and the Association of Journalists of Kosovo and Metohija (DNKiM) again urge Pristina to stop restricting the rights of the Serbian people in Kosovo to the information on their mother tongue and to urgently ensure unhindered distribution of the print media. These associations point out that, unlike other […]
Read More →Kljajic: The performance in Kosovo, journalists as collateral damage (FoNet, N1, Danas)
During the visit of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic to Kosovo, journalists passed the worst, as three press teams from Serbia were the target of the attacks, that is, the incidents, writes Belgrade based daily Danas and quotes the statement by Deutsche Welle (DW) journalist, Sanja Kljajic, who said that it all seemed like journalists were accounted […]
Read More →Kosovo Journalist Abused for Criticising Kumanovo Payout (Balkan Insight)
Kosovo journalist Parim Olluri has been called a Serbian spy – and worse – on social media after he published an article criticizing the government’s offer to award relatives of ethnic Albanians convicted of involvment in the 2015 gunbattle in Kumanovo, Macedonia. Parim Olluri, a Kosovo journalist who runs the online newspaper Insajderi says has […]
Read More →“Freedom of media in region incomplete” (B92, Beta)
The freedom of the press the West Balkans is incomplete, the European Parliament’s research service said in a report, Beta reported. The states of the region have faced politicization, problems in the implementation of law and intimidation of journalists, together with growing self-censorship, the report said. This year’s report, Western Balkans: Media Freedom Trends 2017, […]
Read More →Media urged to join protest on World Press Freedom Day (media)
NUNS, UNS and the Nezavisnost media branch trade union are urging media to stop broadcasting Wednesday within the “Five minutes of thunderous silence” campaign. In separate statements, the journalist associations said the traditional campaign is a warning to the public about the never-worst position of the journalistic profession in Serbia. NUNS and Nezavisnost said, on […]
Read More →Balkan States Suffer Decline in Media Freedom (Balkan Insight)
Reporters Without Borders’ latest World Press Freedom Index says media freedoms are diminishing in several Balkan countries, with Croatia and Serbia registering the worst declines over the past year. Reporters Without Borders, which campaigns for media freedom and journalists’ rights, said in its 2017 World Press Freedom Index, published on Wednesday, that there have been […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 14 April
• Serbian elections in Kosovo to take place according to 2014 model (Koha)
• Mustafa: Demarcation is a closed subject (dailies)
• Selimi: State Prosecution should initiate war crimes cases (Epoka e Re)
• Collaku: Visa liberalization, within few months (dailies)
• US, EU: Freedom of press is foundation of democracy (Koha Ditore)
• Serbian official Djuric not granted permission to enter Kosovo (Koha Ditore)
• Dikovic banned from entering Kosovo territory (Zeri)
Journalists in Kosovo, threatened and unprotected (Koha)
Only 52 percent of journalists are completely certain that the Kosovo Constitution guarantees them the right of expression, concluded the report “Media Index 2015” drafted by “Kosovo 2.0”, “Cohu” and the Kosovo Press Media Council. The study interviewed 175 journalists and identified 27 indicators used for assessing the freedom of expression, information and the freedom […]
Read More →Serbian Journalists condemn attack on a colleague in Pristina (KiM radio)
Association of Journalists of Kosovo and Metohija strongly condemn attack on a journalist of TV Klan Kosova, Milot Hasimja and call on authorities to protect the profession. Serbian journalists, members of this society, appealed to the international community and security structures to stand for the journalistic profession in Kosovo. Association of Journalists of Kosovo and Metohija, […]
Read More →“The real life out of the media focus” (Radio KiM, Kontakt plus)
Kosovo media have less freedom because they are exposed to pressures and threats, economically weak, and some are under the direct influence of the government, it was the conclusion of the debate in the Media Centre Caglavica. Editor in Chief of “Kontakt Plus” radio station in Mitrovica, Zeljko Tvrdisic believes that the key problem is […]
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