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The Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Announces the KAS Energy Security Fellowship
The Fellowship is to be hosted at the European Centre for Energy and Resource Security (EUCERS) at King's College London. It will fund a research stay of 12-months for a European Union (EU) resident research fellow starting in September 2012.
KAS International Reports
Free, but Not Independent
A current report on the role of media on the Balkans, from Matthias Barner, Head of the KAS Media Program South East Europe.
Belgrade
V. South East Europe Media Forum
The South East Europe Media Forum, which took place for the 5th time in November, has developed into the biggest media-political event of the region in the last years.
South East Europe
Political Communication Management
The Media Program South East Europe published a new handbook in Serbian. It is aiming to contribute to the progress of professionalization of political communication in the countries of the Western Balkans.
Albania
Media training for press spokerspersons and journalists
The extreme polarization of the political landscape of Albania has repercussions on the media too. The political pressure on the media has increased, professional standards in the communication between politicians and journalists are increasingly affected too.
Cadenabbia
Workshop for Press Spokespersons from South East Europe
For the first time press spokespersons from political parties and governmental institutions from South East Europe have gathered together. The workshop took place from 28 to 30 June in the international meeting centre of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in Cadenabbia.
Sofia/Bulgaria
Education of Journalists in South East Europe
Observers notice deficiences in qualitative coverage and journalistic professionalism in South East Europe. The Media Program South East Europe of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung organized a regional conference on „Education of Journalists in South East Europe – Key to Media Professionalism“
Varna/Bulgaria
Workshop for Journalists from Southeastern Europe
On the occasion of the spring session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly the Media Program South East Europe of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung organised its second workshop on security policy. Journalists from seven Balkan countries participated.
South East Europe
Constitution of a Transnational Media Working Group
Media lawyers from the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) and the Universities of Pecs, “St. Kliment Ohridski” in Sofia as well as Belgrade set up, with the support of the Media Program South East Europe of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung the transnational interdisciplinary “Art. 10 ECHR Working Group”.
KAS International
Free Media as a Pillar of Democracy
From as early as the beginning of the 1970s, the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung has been supporting independent and free media and running regional media programmes on all continents. Accordingly, the main theme of the current issue of KAS International is the freedom of the media.
