Overview

Media Situation in Bulgaria
More than 30 years after the end of the communist era, the media landscape in Bulgaria has a bad reputation again.
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“China’s Rising Media Presence in South East Europe” Book

“China’s Rising Media Presence in South East Europe”
In the past years, China has continuously expanded its presence in the region, including the media.
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Overview KAS MP SOE

Media Freedom in Albania
The recent Reporters Without Borders (RWB) report on freedom of the press reveals that media freedom in Albania has receded compared to the past.
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Overview

Media Freedom in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s score in the Reporters Without Borders Freedom of the Press Index has shown an improvement of the media freedom situation in recent years.
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Public Service Media in South East Europe Book

A Pillar of Democracy on Shaky Ground – Public Service Media in South East Europe
A comprehensive overview on public service media in South East Europe
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Media News

Media and Politics

Reporters without Borders (RSF): Press Freedom Deteriorates in World While Croatia Sees Progress

According to the RSF Index for 2021 the media situation in Croatia has improved.
April 20, 2021

Media and Politics

Kosovo Falls Eight Places in the World Press Freedom Index

Significant downfall in the placing of Kosovo by 8 places in the Reporters Without Borders World Press Freedom Index for 2021
April 20, 2021

Media and Politics

Albania Fails with Media Literacy and Fake News Resilience

Albania has ranked as one of the worst-performing countries on the European continent in terms of media literacy.
March 17, 2021

Media and Politics

Bulgarian National Television Now Available in Northern Macedonia

The special representative of North Macedonia in the history dispute with Bulgaria Vlado Buchkovski was the first to announce the start of the Channel BNT4 broadcasting.
March 5, 2021

Journalism and Media business

Attack on Kosovo Investigative Journalist Condemned

The investigative journalist Visar Duriqi from the local Kosovo online news portal Insajderi was brutally beaten near his house at around midnight on Wednesday. Duriqi has authored several episodes on crime and corruption on Insajderi’s show, INDOKS. The case is investigated by the police. International and Kosovo media associations have condemned the attack.
February 26, 2021

Journalism and Media business

BH Journalists asked institutions to thoroughly investigate hacker attacks on web portals

The BH Journalists Association sent letters to the cyber crime departments of the Federal Police Administration and MoI of Republika Srpska regarding the recent hacker attacks on web portals in Federation of BiH and Republika Srpska.
February 23, 2021

Media and Politics

CEDEM: Half of Montenegrin citizens do not trust the media

The majority of citizens in Montenegro think that media freedom in the country ist a low or very low level.
February 17, 2021

Media and Politics

Bulgaria Turns a Blind Eye to Police Violence Against Journalist Dimiter Kenarov

AEJ-Bulgaria has condemned Bulgarian authorities for refusing to investigate police violence against freelance journalist Dimiter Kenarov in September 2020.
February 17, 2021

Journalism and Media business

BNT launches online playlists for listening to news

In the new feature "Listen to the news today" on the site bntnews.bg, all news are automatically loaded into a playlist. You can listen while browsing the networks or writing an email on your phone.
February 9, 2021

Journalism and Media business

Dragan Bujosevic re-elected General Director of RTS

Management Board of the Public Media Broadcaster RTS appointed Dragan Bujošević as the General Director of the Radio-Television of Serbia by a majority of votes
February 9, 2021